EPPO Global Database

Dioscorea esculenta(DIUES)

Pests

Organism Type
Cylas formicarius (as Dioscorea) (CYLAFO) Host
Lasiodiplodia theobromae (as Dioscorea) (PHYORH) Host
Leptoglossus australis (as Dioscorea) (LEPLAU) Host
Planococcus kenyae (as Dioscorea) (PLANKE) Host
Popillia japonica (POPIJA) Host
* Fleming WE (1972) Biology of the Japanese beetle. Technical Bulletin, Agricultural Research Service, USDA no 1449, 129 pp.
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.