EPPO Global Database

Melilotus albus(MEUAL)

Pests

Organism Type
'Candidatus Phytoplasma trifolii' (PHYPTR) Host
Chloridea virescens (HELIVI) Host
* Kogan M, Helm CG, Kogan J, Brewer E (1989) Distribution and economic importance of Heliothis virescens and Heliothis zea in North, Central, and South America and of their Natural Enemies and Host Plants. pp 241-297 In Proceedings of the Workshop on Biological Control of Heliothis: Increasing the effectiveness of natural enemies. USDA.

* EPPO (2024) EPPO Technical Document No. 1091. Pest risk analysis for Chloridea virescens. EPPO, Paris. Available at https://gd.eppo.int/taxon/HELIVI/documents
------- Likely host (reported as host in the literature but lacking evidence to consider it as main host – see PRA for further details on the host).
Clavibacter insidiosus (CORBIN) Host
* Bradbury JF (1986) Guide to Plant Pathogenic Bacteria. Farnham Royal, Slough, UK, CAB International, 332 pp.
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.
Lepyronia quadrangularis (LEPOQU) Host
* Doering KC (1942) Host plant records of Cercopidae in North America, North of Mexico (Homoptera) (continued). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 15(3), 73-92.
------- Nymphs found feeding on this plant.
Liriomyza sativae (LIRISA) Host
* Stegmaier CE (1966) Host plants and parasites of Liriomyza munda in Florida (Diptera: Agromyzidae). Florida Entomologist 49(2), 81-86.
------- confirmed host. Rearing record
Nepovirus nicotianae (TRSV00) Host
* Rush MC, Gooding GV (1970) The occurrence of Tobacco ringspot virus strains and Tomato ringspot virus in hosts indigenous to North Carolina. Phytopathology 60, 1756-1760.
------- As Melilotus alba.
Phymatotrichopsis omnivora (PHMPOM) Host
* Anonymous (1960) Index of Plant Diseases in the United States. Agriculture Handbook no 165, USDA-ARS (US) 531 pp.
Prodiplosis longifila (PRDILO) Host
'Candidatus Phytoplasma solani' (PHYPSO) Wild/Weed
* Girsova NV, Bottner-Parker KD, Bogoutdinov DZ, Kastalyeva TB, Meshkov YI, Mozhaeva KA, Lee IM (2017) Diverse phytoplasmas associated with leguminous crops in Russia. European Journal of Plant Pathology 149, 599–610.
Heterodera glycines (HETDGL) Wild/Weed
* Rocha LF, Gage KL, Pimentel MF, Bond JP, Fakhoury AM (2021) Weeds hosting the soybean cyst nematode (Heterodera glycines Ichinohe): management implications in agroecological systems. Agronomy 11(1), 146. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11010146
Liriomyza trifolii (LIRITR) Wild/Weed
* Frick KE (1959) Synopsis of the species of Agromyzid leaf-miners described from North America (Diptera). Proceedings of the US Natural Museum 108(3407), 347-465.
Meloidogyne graminicola (MELGGC) Wild/Weed
* Rusinque L, Maleita C, Abrantes I, Palomares-Rius JE, Inácio ML (2021) Meloidogyne graminicola - A threat to rice production: review update on distribution, biology, identification, and management. Biology 10, 1163. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology10111163
Platynota stultana (PLAAST) Wild/Weed
* Gilligan TM, Epstein ME (online) TortAI, Tortricids of Agricultural Importance. Platynota stultana. http://idtools.org/id/leps/tortai/Platynota_stultana.htm