EPPO Global Database

Colocasia esculenta(CXSES)

Pests

Organism Type
Aleurothrixus trachoides (ALTRTR) Host
Erwinia chrysanthemi (ERWICH) Host
Liriomyza huidobrensis (LIRIHU) Host
* He CX, Wu WW, Wang SF, Wang LZ (2001) Host plants and feeding preferences of Liriomyza huidobrensis. Acta Entomologica Sinica 44, 384-388.
Maconellicoccus hirsutus (PHENHI) Host
* Chang LWH, Miller CE (1996) Pathway Risk Assessment: Pink mealybug from the Caribbean. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture 61 pp.
Meloidogyne graminicola (MELGGC) Host
Opogona sacchari (OPOGSC) Host
* Peña JE, Duncan R, Torres V (1990) Dynamics and control of the banana moth and foliage plants. Proceedings of the Florida State Horticultural Society 103, 189-192. 
Phyllosticta colocasiicola (PHYSCC) Host
Phyllosticta colocasiicola (as Aroideae) (PHYSCC) Host
Phytophthora colocasiae (PHYTOO) Host
* Wang Z, Bao J, Lv L, Lin L, Li Z, Shi M, Huang Y, Wang R, Li B, Liu P, Chen Q (2021) Genome sequence resource of Phytophthora colocasiae from China using nanopore sequencing technology. Plant Disease 105(12), 4141-4145.
Phytophthora colocasiae (as Aroideae) (PHYTOO) Host
Pomacea canaliculata (POMACA) Host
* Wong PK, Liang YAN, Liu NY, Qiu JW (2010) Palatability of macrophytes to the invasive freshwater snail Pomacea canaliculata: differential effects of multiple plant traits. Freshwater Biology 55(10), 2023-2031.
Poophilus costalis (POOPCO) Host
* BhattacharyyaA, Mandai SK (2006) Pests infesting taro (Colocasia esculenta L.) in West Bengal. Indian Agriculturist 50(3/4), 153-156.
Pratylenchus coffeae (as Aroideae) (PRATCO) Host
Pythium myriotylum (as Aroideae) (PYTHMY) Host
Radopholus similis (as Aroideae) (RADOSI) Host
Radopholus similis citrus race (as Aroideae) (RADOCI) Host
Scirtothrips dorsalis (SCITDO) Host
* Rajamma P, Palaniswami MS, Jayaprakas CA (2004) Chilli thrips (Scirtothrips dorsalis Hood)(Thripidae: Thysanoptera) as a pest on cassava and taro. Journal of Root Crops 30(1), 74-75.
Spodoptera litura (PRODLI) Host
* Ahmad M, Ghaffar A, Rafiq M (2013) Host plants of leaf worm, Spodoptera litura (Fabricius)(Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in Pakistan. Asian Journal of Agriculture and Biology 1(1), 23-28.
Spodoptera ornithogalli (as Colocasia) (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.
Vasculomyces xanthosomae (as Aroideae) (VASCXA) Host
Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. dieffenbachiae (XANTDF) Host
Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. dieffenbachiae (as Aroideae) (XANTDF) Host
Aphelenchoides besseyi (APLOBE) Major host
* Bridge J, Plowright RA, Peng D (2005) Nematode parasites of rice. In: Plant parasitic nematodes in subtropical and tropical agriculture (eds Luc M, Sikora RA, Bridge J), pp. 87-130.
Badnavirus alphacolocalasiae (TABV00) Major host
Cytorhabdovirus colocasiae (CBDV00) Major host
* Pearson MN, Jackson GVH, Saelea J, Morar SG (1999) Evidence for two rhabdoviruses in taro (Colocasia esculenta) in the Pacific region. Australasian Plant Pathology 28(3), 248-253. https://doi.org/10.1071/AP99040
Papuana inermis (PAPUIN) Major host
Papuana woodlarckiana (PAPUSE) Major host
Pomacea maculata (POMAIN) Major host
* Bernatis JL (2014) Morphology, ecophysiology, and impacts of nonindigenous Pomacea in Florida. PhD Thesis University of Florida, 163 pp. 

* Burks RL, Hensley SA, Kyle CH (2011) Quite the appetite: juvenile island apple snails (Pomacea insularum) survive consuming only exotic invasive plants. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77(4), 423-428.

* Burks RL, Kyle CH, Trawick MK (2010) Pink eggs and snails: field oviposition patterns of an invasive snail, Pomacea insularum, indicate a preference for an invasive macrophyte. Hydrobiologia 646, 243-251.

* Burlakova LE, Karatayev AY, Padilla DK, Cartwright LD, Hollas DN (2009) Wetland restoration  and invasive species: Apple snail (Pomacea insularum) feeding on native and invasive aquatic plants. Restoration Ecology 17, 433-440.