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Eggplant



General Information
Common Name: Eggplant
Other Names: -
Group: Vegetables
Family: Solanaceae
Genus: Solanum

  • PESTS
  • DISEASES

Insects and Other Pests

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Group Scientific Name Common Name
APHIDS Aphis gossypii melon aphid
APHIDS Macrosiphum euphorbiae potato aphid
APHIDS Myzus persicae green peach aphid
BEETLES Adoretus sinicus Chinese rose beetle
BEETLES Epitrix hirtipennis tobacco flea beetle
BEETLES Lema trilinea threelined potato beetle
CATERPILLARS Agrotis ipsilon black cutworm
CATERPILLARS Amorbia emigratella Mexican leafroller
CATERPILLARS Chrysodeixis eriosoma green garden looper
CATERPILLARS Helicoverpa zea corn earworm
CATERPILLARS Keiferia lycopersicella tomato pinworm
CATERPILLARS Phthorimaea operculella potato tuberworm
CATERPILLARS Strymon echion larger lantana butterfly
FRUIT FLIES Bactrocera latifrons solanaceous fruit fly
LEAFHOPPERS Empoasca solana southern garden leafhopper
LEAFHOPPERS Empoasca stevensi Stevens leafhopper
LEAFMINERS Liriomyza sativae vegetable leafminer
LEAFMINERS Liriomyza trifolii chrysanthemum leafminer
MEALYBUGS Phenacoccus gossypii Mexican mealybug
MEALYBUGS Pseudococcus virburni obscure mealybug
MITES Polyphagotarsonemus latus broad mite
MITES Tetranychus cinnabarinus carmine spider mite
SCALES Icerya purchasi cottony cushion scale
SCALES Parasaissetia nigra nigra scale
THRIPS Leucothrips pierci a thrips
THRIPS Franklinella schultzei yellow flower thrips
THRIPS Hercinothrips femoralis banded greenhouse thrips
THRIPS Thrips nigropilosus chrysanthemum thrips
THRIPS Thrips palmi melon thrips
TRUE BUGS Antianthe expansa solanaceous treehopper
WEEVILS Anthonomus eugenii pepper weevil
WHITEFLIES Aleurothrixus floccosus woolly whitefly
WHITEFLIES Bemisia argentifolii silverleaf whitefly
WHITEFLIES Bemisia tabaci sweetpotato whitefly
WHITEFLIES Trialeurodes vaporariorum greenhouse whitefly

Plant Diseases and Pathogens

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Group Scientific Name Common Name
BACTERIA Erwinia Primer -
BACTERIA Erwinia carotovora subsp. atroseptica black heart or soft rot
BACTERIA Erwinia carotovora bacterial soft rot
BACTERIA Pseudomonas Primer -
BACTERIA Pseudomonas solanacearum bacterial wilt
FUNGI Alternaria Primer -
FUNGI Alternaria solani early blight
FUNGI Cercospora Primer -
FUNGI Cercospora melongenae leaf spot
FUNGI Fusarium Primer -
FUNGI Fusarium sp. -
FUNGI Macrophomina phaseolina charcoal rot
FUNGI Phoma Primer -
FUNGI Phoma exigua -
FUNGI Phoma sp. -
FUNGI Phomopsis vexans fruit rot
FUNGI Phythophthora Primer -
FUNGI Phytophthora nicotianae leafspot
FUNGI Pythium Primer -
FUNGI Pythium sp. root rot
FUNGI Rhizoctonia Primer -
FUNGI Rhizoctonia solani root rot
FUNGI Rhizoctonia sp. root rot
FUNGI Sclerotinia Primer -
FUNGI Sclerotinia sclerotiorum pink rot
FUNGI Sclerotium Primer -
FUNGI Sclerotium rolfsii southern blight
FUNGI Septoria lycopersici leafspot
FUNGI Verticillium Primer -
FUNGI Verticillium sp. -
NEMATODES Meloidogyne Primer -
NEMATODES Meloidogyne sp. root-knot nematode
NEMATODES Rotylenchulus reniformis reniform nematode
STRAMENOPILA Phytophthora capsici -
STRAMENOPILA Phytophthora nicotianae (Green Onion) leafspot, blight and rot
STRAMENOPILA Phytophthora nicotianae (Vinca or Periwinkle) leafspot, blight and rot and defoliation
VIRUSES Cucumber mosaic virus -
VIRUSES Mosaic virus -
VIRUSES Spotted wilt virus -

 

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