EPPO Global Database

Ipomoea aquatica(IPOAQ)

Pests

Organism Type
Bemisia tabaci (as Convolvulaceae) (BEMITA) Host
Homalodisca vitripennis (as Ipomoea) (HOMLTR) Host
* Hoddle MS, Triapitsyn SV, Morgan DJW (2003) Distribution and plant association records for Homalodisca coagulata (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) in Florida. Florida Entomologist 86(1), 89-91.
Liriomyza huidobrensis (LIRIHU) Host
* He CX, Wu WW, Wang SF, Wang LZ (2001) Host plants and feeding preferences of Liriomyza huidobrensis. Acta Entomologica Sinica 44, 384-388.
Pomacea canaliculata (POMACA) Host
* Wong PK, Liang YAN, Liu NY, Qiu JW (2010) Palatability of macrophytes to the invasive freshwater snail Pomacea canaliculata: differential effects of multiple plant traits. Freshwater Biology 55(10), 2023-2031.
Ralstonia pseudosolanacearum (RALSPS) Host
* Lin CH, Tsai KC, Prior P, Wang JF (2014) Phylogenetic relationships and population structure of Ralstonia solanacearum isolated from diverse origins in Taiwan. Plant Pathology 63(6), 1395-1403.

* She X, He Z, Li H (2018) Genetic structure and phylogenetic relationships of Ralstonia solanacearum strains from diverse origins in Guangdong Province, China. Journal of Phytopathology 166(3):177-186.
Ralstonia solanacearum species complex (RALSSO) Host
* Lin CH, Tsai KC, Prior P, Wang JF (2014) Phylogenetic relationships and population structure of Ralstonia solanacearum isolated from diverse origins in Taiwan. Plant Pathology 63(6), 1395-1403.

* She X, He Z, Li H (2018) Genetic structure and phylogenetic relationships of Ralstonia solanacearum strains from diverse origins in Guangdong Province, China. Journal of Phytopathology 166(3):177-186.
Spodoptera frugiperda (LAPHFR) Host
* Montezano DG, Specht A, Sosa-Gómez DR, Roque-Specht VF, Sousa-Silva JC, Paula-Moraes SV, Peterson JA, Hunt T (2018) Host plants of Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in the Americas. African Entomology 26, 286-300.

* Nurkomar I, Trisnawati DW, Fahmi F, Buchori D (2023) Survival, development, and fecundity of Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) on various host plant species and their Implication for pest management. Insects 14(7), 629. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects14070629
--------- In laboratory experiments conducted in Indonesia, water spinach was found to be a suitable host which could serve as an alternate host (to maize).
Thrips parvispinus (THRIPV) Host
* Sartiami D, Mound LA (2013) Identification of the terebrantian thrips (Insecta, Thysanoptera) associated with cultivated plants in Java, Indonesia. ZooKeys 306, 1–21. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.306.5455
------- Collected from this plant in Java (Indonesia).
Xanthomonas euvesicatoria pv. perforans (XANTPF) Host
* Fan X, Zheng H, Luo H, Zhuo T, Chen Y (2023) Xanthomonas euvesicatoria pv. perforans is the causative agent of bacterial leaf spot on Ipomoea aquatica from Fujian Province in China. Australasian Plant Pathology.  52, 327–337. (abst.)
Cylas formicarius (as Ipomoea) (CYLAFO) Wild/Weed
Cylas puncticollis (as Ipomoea) (CYLAPU) Wild/Weed
Ipomovirus lenisbatatae (SPMMV0) Wild/Weed
* Tugume AK, Mukasa SB, Kalkkinen N, Valkonen JP (2010) Recombination and selection pressure in the ipomovirus Sweet potato mild mottle virus (Potyviridae) in wild species and cultivated sweetpotato in the centre of evolution in East Africa. Journal of general virology 91(4), 1092-108.
------- natural host.
Margarodes vitis (as Convolvulaceae) (MARGVI) Wild/Weed
* Giliomee J, de Klerk C & Watson GW (2022) 3.3.4 Margarodes spp. In: Encyclopedia of Scale Insect Pests (Eds Kondo T & Watson GW), pp. 69-73. CAB International, Wallingford (UK).
Meloidogyne graminicola (MELGGC) Wild/Weed
* Berliner J, Manimaran B, Pokhare SS, Adak T, Munda S, Saha S (2024) Unraveling the off-season survival of rice root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne graminicola, in wetland rice ecosystem. Cereal Research Communications (early view) https://doi.org/10.1007/s42976-024-00512-8