Food Plants International

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Colgar tricolor Dist. Flatidae (HOM)
Dysdercus cingulatus (F.) Pyrrhocoridae (HEM) Red cotton bug
Earias vittella (F.) Noctuidae (LEP) Aibika shoot boring grub
Euricania discigutta (Walk.) Riconiidae
Nisotra sp. Chrysomelidae (COL)
Oribius spp. Curculionidae (COL) Shot hole weevils
Parasaissettia nigra Coccidae (HEM) Nigra scale
Phaneroptera brevis Serv Tettigoniidae(ORTH)
Pseudaulacaspis pentagona (Taeg) Coccidae(HEM) White scale
Saissetia nigra (Nietner) Coccidae(HEM) Nigra scale
Spodoptera litura (F) Noctuidae (LEP) Cluster caterpillar
Sylepta derogata F. Pyralidae(LEP) Cotton leaf roller
Valanga irregularis (Walker) Acrididae (ORTH)
Valanga sp. Acrididae (ORTH)
Diseases:
Leaf spot Fungus Myrothecium roridum Tode ex Fr.
Leaf blight Fungus Colletotrichum sp.
Leaf spot Fungus Phyllosticta sp.
Powdery mildew Fungus Oidium sp.
Collar rot/root rot Fungus Phytophthora nicotianae var. nicotianae
And Fusarium sp.
And Sclerotium rolfsii
Basal stem rot Fungus Sarcopodium vanillae
Green mottle Virus
Pests:
Importance: The most important edible leafy green in coastal areas of Papua New Guinea, the
Pacific and SE Asia.