EPPO Global Database

Ocimum americanum(OCICA)

Pests

Organism Type
Corythauma ayyari (as Ocimum) (COTMAY) Host
Peronospora belbahrii (as Ocimum) (PEROBE) Host
Cochlochila bullita (COKLBU) Major host
Peronospora belbahrii (PEROBE) Major host
* Naim YB, Falach-Block L, Ben-Daniel B-H, Cohen Y (2019) Host range of Peronospora belbahrii, causal agent of basil downy mildew, in Israel. European Journal of Plant Pathology. 155(3), 789–799. doi:10.1007/s10658-019-01809-9
------- confirmed host (inoculation studies)
Poophilus costalis (POOPCO) Wild/Weed
* Sahayaraj K, Saranya B, Sayed S, Estelle LYL, Madasamy K (2021) Biofoam of spittlebug, Poophilus costalis (Walker): preferential sites, temperature regulation, chemical composition and antimicrobial activity. Insects 12(4), 340. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects12040340