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Potato



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

  • PESTS
  • DISEASES

Insects and Other Pests

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Group Scientific Name Common Name
APHIDS Macrosiphum euphorbiae potato aphid
APHIDS Rhopalosiphum maidis corn leaf aphid
APHIDS Rhopalosiphum nymphaeae waterlily aphid
BEETLES Lema trilinea threelined potato beetle
CATERPILLARS Agrotis ipsilon black cutworm
CATERPILLARS Amorbia emigratella Mexican leafroller
CATERPILLARS Chrysodeixis eriosoma green garden looper
CATERPILLARS Conoderus amplicollis Gulf wireworm
CATERPILLARS Keiferia lycopersicella tomato pinworm
CATERPILLARS Peridroma saucia variegated cutworm
CATERPILLARS Phthorimaea operculella potato tuberworm
CATERPILLARS Spodoptera exempta nutgrass armyworm
CATERPILLARS Spodoptera exigua beet armyworm
CATERPILLARS Strymon echion larger lantana butterfly
FLIES Delia platura seedcorn maggot
GRASSHOPPERS Conocephalus saltator longhorned grasshopper
MEALYBUGS Pseudococcus longispinus longtailed mealybug
THRIPS Thrips nigropilosus chrysanthemum thrips
THRIPS Thrips palmi melon thrips
TRUE BUGS Nysius nemorivagus a lygaeid bug
TRUE BUGS Nabis capsiformis pale damsel bug
WHITEFLIES Trialeurodes vaporariorum greenhouse whitefly
WHITEFLIES Bemisia argentifolii silverleaf whitefly
WHITEFLIES Bemisia tabaci sweetpotato 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 Streptomyces scabies common scab
FUNGI Alternaria Primer -
FUNGI Alternaria solani early blight
FUNGI Fusarium Primer -
FUNGI Fusarium javanicum -
FUNGI Fusarium oxysporum wilt, root rot...
FUNGI Fusarium solani -
FUNGI Fusarium solani var. coeruleum fusarium dry rot
FUNGI Helminthosporium Primer -
FUNGI Helminthosporium solani silver scurf
FUNGI Phoma Primer -
FUNGI Phoma destructiva fruit rot and leaf and stem blight
FUNGI Pythium Primer -
FUNGI Pythium arrhenomanes root rot
FUNGI Pythium debaryanum -
FUNGI Pythium rostratum root rot
FUNGI Rhizoctonia Primer -
FUNGI Rhizoctonia solani root rot, stem rot, pod rot, fruit rot
FUNGI Spongospora subterranea powdery scab
FUNGI Verticillium Primer -
FUNGI Verticillium albo-atrum verticillium wilt
FUNGI Verticillium sp. -
NEMATODES Meloidogyne Primer -
NEMATODES Meloidogyne arenaria root-knot nema tode
NEMATODES Meloidogyne incognita root-knot nematode
NEMATODES Meloidogyne sp. root-knot nematode
NEMATODES Rotylenchulus reniformis reniform nematode
STRAMENOPILA Phytophthora Primer -
STRAMENOPILA Phytophthora drechsleri damping-off of seedlings; crown and root rots
STRAMENOPILA Phytophthora infestans late blight
VIRUSES Crinkle mosaic virus -
VIRUSES Leaf rolling virus -
VIRUSES Mild mosaic virus -
VIRUSES Mosaic virus -
VIRUSES Rugose mosaic virus -
VIRUSES Spotted wilt virus -
VIRUSES Veinbanding virus -

 

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