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Diseases and Insects of Crops in Guyana

 

Diseases of Crops 
Insects of Crops

 

Vegetables

Eggplant (Boulanger) - Solanum melogena

Fusarium wilt (Fusarium solani)
Bacterial wilt (Pseudomonas solanacearum)
Phomopsis rot (Phomopsis species)
Root knot nematode (Meloidogyne species)

Cabbage - Brassica oleracea

Bacterial wilt (Xanthomonas campestris)
White rust (Albugo candida)
Damping off (Rhizoctonia solani)
Cercospora leaf spot (Cercospora species)
Fusarium wilt (Fusarium species)
Root knot nematode (Meloidogyne species)

Cucurbits (Squash, Pumpkin, Cucumber, Watermelon, Muskmelon)

Anthracnose (Colletotrichum lagenarium)
Downy mildew
Angular leaf spot
Fruit rot (Helminthosporium species)
Damping off (Rhizoctonia solani)
Soft rot (Rhizopus species)

Eschallot (Chives) - Allium ascalonicum

Blast (Botrytis allii)
Neck rot (Botrytis sp.)
Damping off (Rhizoctonia solani)

Legumes

Rust (Puccinia arachidis)
Dry rot (Macrophomina phaseoli)
Aspergillus blight (Aspergillus spp.)
Cercospora leaf spot (C. personata, C. arachidicola)
Anthracnose (Colletrotrichum lindimuthianum)
Cowpea mosaic virus
Pod rot (Sclerotium rolfsii)
Fusarium wilt (Fusarium species)
Ashy stem blight (Macrophomina species)

Peppers - Capsicum spp.

Anthracnose (Gleosporium piperatum)
Fusarium wilt (Fusarium oxysporium)
Bacterial wilt (Pseudomonas solanacearum)
Bacterial fruit rot
Bacterial leaf spot (Xanthomonas vesictorie)
Blossom end rot (Physiological disorder)
Root knot nematode (Meloidogyne incognita)

Tomato - Lycopersicon esulentum

Fusarium wilt (Fusarium oxysporium)
Bacterial wilt (Pseudomonas solanacearum)
Bacteria spot
Damping off (Rhizoctonia spp. and Pythium spp.)
Early blight (Alternaria solani)
Late blight (Phytophthora infestans)
Tomato mosaic virus
Tomato fruit rot
Target spot
Anthracnose
Cercospora leaf spot
Curly top virus
Root knot nematode (Meloidogyne spp.)

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Vegetables

Eggplant (Boulanger) - Solanum melogena

Aphids (Rhopalosidhuim erysimi)
Lace wing bug (Corythanica monacha)
Flea beetle (Epitrix pilosa) 
Stem borer (Alicidion deletum)
Pinworm (Keiferria lycopersicella)
Thrips (Thrips palmi)

Cabbage - Brassica oleracea

Cricket
Cut worm (Agrotis sp.)
Leaf miner (Liriomyza brassicae)
Aphids (Rhopalosidhuim erysimi)
Bud worm (Hellula phidilealis)
Cabbage butterfly (Artogeia sp.)
Semilooper (Trichopulsia ni)
Diamond back moth (Plutella xylostella)
Slugs and snails
Spodoptera sp.

Cucurbits (Squash, Pumpkin, Cucumber, Watermelon, Muskmelon)

Leaf miner (L. brassicae)
Thrips (Thrips tabaci)
Caterpillars
Pickle worm (Margaronia hitidalas, M. hyalinata)
Sucking bugs (Anasa sp. and Phthia picta)
Mites (Tetranychus spp.)
White fly (Bemisia tabaci)

Eschallot (Chives) - Allium ascalonicum

Leaf miner (L. brassicae)
Neck rot (Botrytis sp.)
Damping off (Rhizoctonia solani)

Legumes (Blackeye, Mung, Soyabean, Wingbean, Bora)

Cricket 
Cut worm (Agrotis ipsilon)
Jassid (Empoasca fabae)
Aphids (Aphis gossypii)
Mites (Tetranychus spp.)
Leaf miner (Liriomyza spp.)
Bean Beetle (Ceratoma aruata, Diabrotica spp.)
Leaf eating caterpillar (Spodoptera spp.)
Pod borer (Maruca testulalis)

Ochro - Hibiscus esulentum

Aphids (Rhopalosidhuim erysimi)
Lacewing bud (Corythaica monacha)
Mites (Tetranychus spp.)

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