EPPO Global Database

Urtica urens(URTUR)

Pests

Organism Type
Diabrotica virgifera zeae (as Urtica) (DIABVZ) 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, 615 pp.
------- Adult host.
Ditylenchus dipsaci (DITYDI) Host
* Goodey JB, Franklin MT, Hooper DJ (1965) T. Goodey's: The Nematode Parasites of Plants Catalogued Under Their Hosts. Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux, Farnham Royal, Bucks, England. Third edition, 214 pp.
Xylella fastidiosa (XYLEFA) Host
* EFSA (2024) Update of the Xylella spp. host plant database – Systematic literature search up to 31 December 2023. EFSA Journal 22, e8898. https://efsa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.2903/j.efsa.2024.8898
------- Subspecies unknown.
Bemisia tabaci (BEMITA) Wild/Weed
'Candidatus Phytoplasma solani' (PHYPSO) Wild/Weed
* Berger J, Schweigkofler W, Kerschbamer C, Roschatt C, Dalla Via J, Baric S (2009) Occurrence of 'stolbur' phytoplasma in the vector Hyalesthes obsoletus , herbaceous host plants and grapevine in South Tyrol (Northern Italy). Vitis 48, 185-192.
Popillia japonica (as Urtica) (POPIJA) Wild/Weed
* INTERNET
Regione Piemonte. Servizio fitosanitario. Lotte obbligatorie - Coleottero scarabeide del Giappone (Popillia japonica Newman). Popillia danni e difesa. https://www.regione.piemonte.it/web/sites/default/files/media/documenti/2019-06/popillia_danni_difesa.pdf
------- Attractive plant for the pest but without economic or ornamental relevance (weed).
Ralstonia solanacearum (RALSSL) Wild/Weed
* Wenneker M, Verdel M, Groeneveld R, Kempenaar C, van Beuningen AR, Janse JD (1999) Ralstonia (Pseudomonas) solanacearum Race 3 (Biovar 2) in surface water and natural weed hosts: first report on stinging nettle (Urtica dioica). European Journal of Plant Pathology 105, 307–315. 

* Cruz L, Eloy M, Quirino F, Oliveira H, Tenreiro R (2012) Molecular epidemiology of Ralstonia solanacearum strains from plants and environmental sources in Portugal. European Journal of Plant Pathology 133, 687–706 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10658-012-9947-y
Ralstonia solanacearum species complex (RALSSO) Wild/Weed
* Cruz L, Eloy M, Quirino F, Oliveira H, Tenreiro R (2012) Molecular epidemiology of Ralstonia solanacearum strains from plants and environmental sources in Portugal. European Journal of Plant Pathology 133, 687–706 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10658-012-9947-y

* Wenneker M, Verdel M, Groeneveld R, Kempenaar C, van Beuningen AR, Janse JD (1999) Ralstonia (Pseudomonas) solanacearum Race 3 (Biovar 2) in surface water and natural weed hosts: first report on stinging nettle (Urtica dioica). European Journal of Plant Pathology 105, 307–315.