EPPO Global Database

Dioscorea alata(DIUAL)

Pests

	Organism	Type
	Tetranychus mexicanus (TETRME)	Doubtful host
* EPPO (2023) Pest risk analysis for Tetranychus mexicanus. EPPO, Paris ------- uncertain host (see PRA for details) * Paschoal A (1970) Revisão da família Tetranychidae no Brasil (Arachnida: Acarina). Anais Da Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz, XXVII, 457–483.
	Cylas formicarius (as Dioscorea) (CYLAFO)	Host
	Eutetranychus banksi (EUTEBA)	Host
* Migeon A & Dorkeld F (2024) Spider Mites Web: a comprehensive database for the Tetranychidae. Available from https://www1.montpellier.inrae.fr/CBGP/spmweb (Accessed 2024/04/23)
	Goplana dioscoreae-alatae (UREDDI)	Host
	Lasiodiplodia theobromae (as Dioscorea) (PHYORH)	Host
	Leptoglossus australis (as Dioscorea) (LEPLAU)	Host
	Planococcus kenyae (as Dioscorea) (PLANKE)	Host
	Scirtothrips dorsalis (SCITDO)	Host
* Scott-Brown AS, Hodgetts J, Hall J, Simmonds MJS, Collins DW (2018) Potential role of botanic garden collections in predicting hosts at risk globally from invasive pests: a case study using Scirtothrips dorsalis. Journal of Pest Science 91(2), 601-611. ------- Confirmed host.
	Tetranychus evansi (TETREV)	Host
* Ho CC, Wang SC, Chien YL (2005) [Field observation on two newly recorded spider mites in Taiwan.] Plant Protection Bulletin (Taipei) 47(4), 391-402
	Scutellonema bradys (SCUNBR)	Major host
* Humphreys-Pereira DA, Williamson VM, Lee S, Coyne DL, Salazar L, Gomez-Alpizar L (2014) Molecular and morphological characterisation of Scutellonema bradys from yam in Costa Rica and development of specific primers for its detection. Nematology 16(2), 137-147.
	Scutellonema bradys (as Dioscorea) (SCUNBR)	Major host
* Baimey H, Coyne D, Labuschagne N (2009) Pathogenicity of Scutellonema bradys populations from different geographical areas in Benin on yam (Dioscorea spp.). Crop Protection 28(9), 715-721.