EPPO Global Database

Dioscorea cayenensis(DIUCA)

Pests

Organism Type
Aphelenchoides besseyi (APLOBE) Host
* Noronha MA, Assunção MC, Costa MGS, Muniz MFS, Favoreto L, Sercero BC, Machado ACZ (2020) First report of Aphelenchoides besseyi causing leaf spot on yam (Dioscorea cayenensis) in Brazil. Plant Disease 104(11), 3083-3084. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-03-20-0511-PDN
Cylas formicarius (as Dioscorea) (CYLAFO) Host
Lasiodiplodia theobromae (as Dioscorea) (PHYORH) Host
Leptoglossus australis (as Dioscorea) (LEPLAU) Host
Planococcus kenyae (as Dioscorea) (PLANKE) Host
Scutellonema bradys (SCUNBR) Major host
* Humphreys-Pereira DA, Williamson VM, Lee S, Coyne DL, Salazar L, Gomez-Alpizar L (2014) Molecular and morphological characterisation of Scutellonema bradys from yam in Costa Rica and development of specific primers for its detection. Nematology 16(2), 137-147.
Scutellonema bradys (as Dioscorea) (SCUNBR) Major host
* Baimey H, Coyne D, Labuschagne N (2009) Pathogenicity of Scutellonema bradys populations from different geographical areas in Benin on yam (Dioscorea spp.). Crop Protection 28(9), 715-721.