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Lettuce



General Information
Common Name: Lettuce
Other Names: -
Group: Vegetables
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Lactuca

  • PESTS
  • DISEASES

Insects and Other Pests

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Group Scientific Name Common Name
APHIDS Macrosiphum euphorbiae potato aphid
APHIDS Myzus persicae green peach aphid
BEETLES Listroderes difficilis vegetable weevil
CASPIDS Pycnoderes quadrimaculatus bean caspid
CATERPILLARS Agrotis ipsilon black cutworm
CATERPILLARS Chrysodeixis eriosoma green garden looper
CATERPILLARS Helicoverpa zea corn earworm
CATERPILLARS Delia platura seedcorn maggot
CATERPILLARS Spodoptera exigua beet armyworm
CATERPILLARS Trichoplusia ni cabbage looper
LEAFHOPPERS Empoasca solana southern garden leafhopper
LEAFHOPPERS Empoasca stevensi Stevens leafhopper
LEAFHOPPERS Sophonia rufofascia two-spotted leafhopper
LEAFMINERS Liriomyza sativae vegetable leafminer
MINERS Melanagromyza splendida safflower stemminer
MITES Tetranychus cinnabarinus carmine spider mite
MITES Tetranychus neocalidonicus vegetable mite
THRIPS Frankliniella occidentalis western flower thrips
THRIPS Leucothrips pierci a thrips
THRIPS Thrips nigropilosus chrysanthemum thrips
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. carotovora soft rot
BACTERIA Pseudomonas Primer -
BACTERIA Pseudomonas gladioli marginal leaf blight
BACTERIA Pseudomonas sp. bacterial leafspot
BACTERIA Xanthomonas Primer -
BACTERIA Xanthomonas campestris pv. vitians bacterial wilt
FUNGI Alternaria Primer -
FUNGI Alternaria sonchi leafspot
FUNGI Botrytis Primer -
FUNGI Botrytis cinerea leaf blight, gray mold.. .
FUNGI Botrytis sp. blossom and leaf blight
FUNGI Bremia lactucae downy mildew
FUNGI Cercospora Primer -
FUNGI Cercospora longissima leafspot
FUNGI Cercospora sp. cercospora leafspot
FUNGI Oidium Primer -
FUNGI Oidium sp. powdery mildew
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 Septoria lactucae leafspot
FUNGI Stemphylium Primer -
FUNGI Stemphylium sp. leafspot
NEMATODES Criconemoides sp. -
NEMATODES Criconemella sp. -
NEMATODES Hoplolaimus sp. -
NEMATODES Meloidogyne Primer -
NEMATODES Meloidogyne hapla root-knot nematode
NEMATODES Meloidogyne sp. root-knot nematode
NEMATODES Rotylenchulus reniformis reniform nematode
NON PARASITES Tipburn physiological
VIRUSES Beet western yellows virus -
VIRUSES Lettuce mosaic virus -
VIRUSES Mosaic virus -
VIRUSES Spotted wilt virus -
VIRUSES Turnip mosaic virus -

 

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