EPPO Global Database

Cenchrus americanus(PESGL)

Pests

Organism Type
Hirschmanniella oryzae (HIRSOR) Experimental
* Babatola JO (1979) Varietal reaction of rice and other food crops to the rice-root nematodes, Hirschmanniella oryzae, H. imamuri and H. spinicaudata. Nematropica 9, 123-128.
------- As Pennisetum typhoides. Experiments.

* Sharma SB (2001) Plant parasitic nematodes in rice-wheat based cropping systems in South Asia. Journal of Crop Production 4, 227-247. 
------- It is not specified whether the nematode was found in the roots or in the soil.

* Prasad JS, Panwar MS, Rao YS (1987) Nematode problems of rice in India. International Journal of Pest Management 33, 127-136.
------- 'Collected from', but it is not specified whether the nematode was found in the roots or in the soil.
Meloidogyne floridensis (MELGFL) Experimental
* Khanal C, Sagar GC, Harshman D (2024) Host suitability of summer cover crops and peach rootstocks to the peach root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne floridensis. Plant Disease 108(3), 582-586.
-------good host in pot experiments (as Pennisetum glaucum).
Atherigona oryzae (ATHEOZ) Host
Chloridea virescens (HELIVI) Host
* Blanco CA, Rosario-Lebron A, O’Donnell CA, Portilla M, Gullbronson C, Mowery J, Smith-Pardo AH, Stocks I, Nadel H, Trozzo LR, Haslem PS, Young JD, Downes S, Parker T, Walsh T, Tay WT, Oppenheim S (2019) Improving Risk Assessment of Noctuid Pests at North American Ports and Farms by Differentiating Egg Morphology. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 112(5), 443-450.
------- as Pennisetum glaucum. Citing Martin et al. (1976).

* EPPO (2024) EPPO Technical Document No. 1091. Pest risk analysis for Chloridea virescens. EPPO, Paris. Available at https://gd.eppo.int/taxon/HELIVI/documents
------- Likely host (reported as host in the literature but lacking evidence to consider it as main host – see PRA for further details on the host).
Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi (DIABUH) Host
* Clark SM, LeDoux DG, Seeno TN, Riley EG, Gilbert AJ, Sullivan JM (2004) Host plants of leaf beetle species occurring in the United States and Canada (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae, Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae). Coleopterists Society, Special Publication 2, 1-476.
------- Larval host. As Pennisetum americanum.
Diabrotica virgifera virgifera (DIABVI) Host
* Fora CG, Lauer KF (2013) Host plants for the Western corn rootworm Diabrotica virgifera virgifera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Romanian Agricultural Research 30, 291-295.
------- As Setaria glauca.
Emaravirus tritici (WHPV00) Host
* Abdullah I, Bennypaul H, Phelan J, Aboukhaddour R, Harding MW (2020) First report of High Plains wheat mosaic emaravirus infecting
foxtail and wheat in Canada. Plant Disease 104, 3272.

* Tatineni S, Hein GL (2021) High Plains wheat mosaic virus: An enigmatic disease of wheat and corn causing the High Plains disease. Molecular Plant Pathology, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1111/mpp.13113
Helicoverpa zea (HELIZE) Host
* Dourado PM, Pantoja‐Gomez LM, Horikoshi RJ, Carvalho RA, Omoto C, Corrêa AS, Kim JH, Martinelli S, Head GP (2021) Host plant use of Helicoverpa spp. (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in the Brazilian agricultural landscape. Pest Management Science 77(2), 780-794.
Meloidogyne ethiopica (MELGET) Host
* Lima E A, Mattos J K, Moita A W, Carneiro R G & Carneiro R M D G (2009) Host status of different crops for Meloidogyne ethiopica control. Tropical Plant Pathology 34, 152-157.
-------As Pennisetum glaucum. In experiments, cv 'ADR 500' was found to be moderatly resistant (But with RF >=1)

* Gabriel M, Kulczynski SM, Belle C, Kirsch VG & Calderan-Bisognin A (2018) Reação de gramíneas forrageiras a Meloidogyne spp. e Pratylenchus brachyurus. Nematropica 48(2), 155-163.
-------As Pennisetum glaucum. In experiments, cv. BRS1501 was found to be a poor host (0.1< RF <1.0).
Meloidogyne graminicola (MELGGC) Host
* Rusinque L, Maleita C, Abrantes I, Palomares-Rius JE, Inácio ML (2021) Meloidogyne graminicola - A threat to rice production: review update on distribution, biology, identification, and management. Biology 10, 1163. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology10111163

* Soares MR, Carneiro RM, Dias-Arieira C (2022) Response of different crops and weeds to three biotypes of Meloidogyne graminicola: crop rotation and succession strategies for irrigated rice fields. Nematology 24(5), 589-597.
-------poor host in experiments (as Pennisetum glaucum).
Poophilus costalis (POOPCO) Host
* Tanzubil PB, Yakubu EA (2010) Insect pests of millet in Northern Ghana. 1. Farmers' perceptions and damage potential. International Journal of Pest Management 43(2), 133-136.
Prostephanus truncatus (PROETR) Host
* Muatinte BL, Van den Berg J (2022) Modeling the influence of abiotic and biotic factors on spatial and temporal fluctuations of Prostephanus truncatus (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae) populations in Mozambique. Environmental Entomology 51(1), 118-131.
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.