EPPO Global Database

Sesamum indicum(SEGIN)

Pests

Organism Type
Carlavirus vignae (CPMMV0) Experimental
* Thouvenel JC, Monsarrat A, Fauquet C (1982) Isolation of cowpea mild mottle virus from diseased soybeans in the Ivory Coast. Plant Disease 66(4), 336-337.
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.
-------poor host in pot experiments.
Sadwavirus citri (SDV000) Experimental
* Iwanami T, Koizumi M, Ieki H (1993) Diversity of properties among satsuma dwarf virus and related viruses. Annals of the Phytopathological Society of Japan 59, 642-650.

* Tanaka H, Imada J (1974) Mechanical transmission of viruses of satsuma dwarf, citrus mosaic, navel infectious mottling and natsudaidai dwarf to herbaceous plants. In: Weathers LG, Cohen M (eds.) Proceedings of the 6th Conference of IOCV, Riverside, California (US), pp. 141-145.
Chloridea virescens (HELIVI) Host
* Hallman GJ (1980) Huéspedes y enemigos naturales de Heliothis spp., en la región algodonera del Departamento del Tolima, Colombia. Turrialba 30(3), 272-279.

* Kogan M, Helm CG, Kogan J, Brewer E (1989) Distribution and economic importance of Heliothis virescens and Heliothis zea in North, Central, and South America and of their Natural Enemies and Host Plants. pp 241-297 In Proceedings of the Workshop on Biological Control of Heliothis: Increasing the effectiveness of natural enemies. USDA.

* EPPO (2024) EPPO Technical Document No. 1091. Pest risk analysis for Chloridea virescens. EPPO, Paris. Available at https://gd.eppo.int/taxon/HELIVI/documents
------- Main host (evidence that the plant supports populations of the pest in several generations or years, i.e. true hosts, or plant mentioned as common or preferred host – see PRA for further details on the host.
Helicoverpa armigera (HELIAR) Host
* Cunningham JP, Zalucki MP (2014) Understanding heliothine (Lepidoptera: Heliothinae) pests: what is a host plant? Journal of Economic Entomology 107, 881–896.
Hishimonus phycitis (HISHPH) Host
* Bella S, Aguin-Pombo D, Aguiar AM, Kunz G, Miralles-Nunez A, Foster S, Sanchez-Garcia I, Wilson MR, D’Urso VE (2022) Discovery of Hishimonus diffractus Dai, Fletcher & Zhang, 2013 (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae) in Europe, with remarks on previously recorded species of the genus. Zootaxa 5159(4), 558-570.
------- Oviposition and nymphal development.

* Bindra OS, Singh B (1968) Biology and bionomics of Hishimonus phycitis (Distant), a jassid vector of ’little-leaf’ disease of brinjal (Solanum melongena). Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 39, 912–919.
------- Oviposition and nymphal development.

* Un Nabi S, Dubey DK, Rao GP, Baranwal VK, Sharma P (2015) Molecular characterization of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris’ subgroup I-B associated with sesame phyllody disease and identification of its natural vector and weed reservoir in India. Australasian Plant Pathology 44 (3), 289e297.
------- Oviposition and nymphal development.
Neoaliturus haematoceps (NEOAHA) Host
Orthotospovirus tomatomaculae (TSWV00) Host
* Parrella G, Gognalons P, Gebre-Selassie K, Vovlas C, Marchoux G (2003) An update of the host range of tomato spotted wilt virus. Journal of Plant Pathology 85(4), 227-264.
------- Confirmed host.
Phenacoccus solenopsis (PHENSO) Host
* Gebregergis Z (2018) Incidence of a new pest, the cotton mealybug Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley, on sesame in North Ethiopia. International Journal of Zoology 3531495, 7 pp. https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/3531495
Potyvirus cucurbitaflavitesselati (ZYMV00) Host
* Desbiez C., Lecoq H (1997) Zucchini yellow mosaic virus. Plant pathology, 46(6), 809-829.
------- experimental host.

* Shi Y, Sun XY, Wang ZY, Li HL, Yan ZL (2016) First report of Zucchini yellow mosaic virus infecting sesame in China. Plant Disease 100(12), p 2545.
------- confirmed host (natural infection in crops).
Pratylenchus coffeae (PRATCO) Host
* Yu Li, YanHui Xia, YanKun Liu, PengHui Hao, BingJian Sun, HongLian Li, and Ke Wang (2020) Discovery of Root-Lesion Nematode, Pratylenchus coffeae, Infesting Sesame in China. Plant Disease 104:6, 1873
Ralstonia pseudosolanacearum (RALSPS) Host
* Xu J, Pan ZC, Prior P, Xu JS, Zhang Z, Zhang H, Zhang LQ, He LY, Feng J (2009) Genetic diversity of Ralstonia solanacearum strains from China. European Journal of Pathology 125(4), 641-653.
Ralstonia solanacearum species complex (RALSSO) Host
* Xu J, Pan ZC, Prior P, Xu JS, Zhang Z, Zhang H, Zhang LQ, He LY, Feng J (2009) Genetic diversity of Ralstonia solanacearum strains from China. European Journal of Pathology 125(4), 641-653.
Spiroplasma citri (SPIRCI) Host
* Khanchezar A, Izadpanah K, Taghavi M, Béven L (2022) Genetic diversity of strains of Spiroplasma citri isolated in southern Iran. European Journal of Plant Pathology 163(2), 381-392
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.
Spodoptera ornithogalli (PRODOR) Host
* Brito R, Specht A, Gonçalves GL, Moreira GRP, Carneiro E, Santos FL, Roque-Specht VF, Mielke OHH, Casagrande MM (2019) Spodoptera marima: a new synonym of Spodoptera ornithogalli (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), with notes on adult morphology, host plant use and genetic variation along its geographic range. Neotropical Entomology 48(3), 433-448.

* Coto D, Saunders JL, Vargas-S CL, King ABS (1995) Plagas invertebradas de cultivos tropicales con énfasis em América Central-Um invetário. Turrialba, CATIE, 200 pp.

* Poveda BD, Schwitzer DA (1964) Estudio biológico del Prodenia ornithogalli Guen. y del Prodenia sunia (Guen.) en três hospedeiros. Acta Agronômica 14(1), 71-101.
Thrips palmi (THRIPL) Host
* Ananthakrishnan TN (1955) Notes on Thrips palmi Karny attacking Sesamum indicum. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 52, 951-953.

 * Deepayan Padhy, Lipsa Dash, Ramalaxmi V, Ajit Kumar Sahu, Jagadesh N, Tejaswi JNS, Suma B, Ramya K, Kekhashree P, Devi Y, Priyadharshini CHRKR, Vasavi M, Hasan R, Vamsi Krishna S (2020) Insect fauna associated with sesamum (Sesamum indicum L.) in Gajapati district of Odisha. Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry  9(3), 569-570.
Thrips setosus (THRISE) Host