EPPO Global Database

Dioscorea rotundata(DIURO)

Pests

Organism Type
Aphis citricidus (TOXOCI) Host
* Michaud JP (1998) A review of the literature on Toxoptera citricida (Kirkaldy) (Homoptera: Aphididae). Florida Entomologist 81(1), 37-61.
Cylas formicarius (as Dioscorea) (CYLAFO) Host
Lasiodiplodia theobromae (as Dioscorea) (PHYORH) Host
Leptoglossus australis (as Dioscorea) (LEPLAU) Host
Meloidogyne enterolobii (MELGMY) Host
* Kolombia YA, Lava Kumar P, Claudius-Cole AO, Karssen G, Viaene N, Coyne D, Bert W (2016) First report of Meloidogyne enterolobii causing tuber galling damage on white yam (Dioscorea rotundata) in Nigeria.  Plant Disease 100(10), 2173-2174
------- confirmed host.
Planococcus kenyae (as Dioscorea) (PLANKE) Host
Scutellonema bradys (SCUNBR) Major host
* Acosta N, Ayala AL (1975) Pathogenicity of Pratylenchus coffeae, Scutellonema bradys, Meloidogyne incognita, and Rotylenchus reniformis on Dioscorea rotundata. Journal of Nematology 7(1), 1-6.

* 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.