EPPO Global Database

Megathyrsus maximus(PANMA)

Pests

Organism Type
Erwinia chrysanthemi (ERWICH) Host
Haplaxius crudus (MYNDCR) Host
* Zenner de Polanía I, López Avila A (1977) Apuntes sobre la biología y hábitos del Haplaxius pallidus, transmisor de la marchitez sorpresiva en palma africana. Revista Colombiana de Entomología  3(1-2), 49-62.
------- Nymph host.
Spodoptera frugiperda (LAPHFR) Host
* Maruthadurai R, Ramesh R (2020) Occurrence, damage pattern and biology of fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) on fodder crops and green amaranth in Goa, India. Phytoparasitica 18(1), 15-23.

* Montezano DG, Specht A, Sosa-Gómez DR, Roque-Specht VF, Sousa-Silva JC, Paula-Moraes SV, Peterson JA, Hunt T (2018) Host plants of Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in the Americas. African Entomology 26, 286-300.
Busseola fusca (BUSSFU) Wild/Weed
Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (XANTOR) Wild/Weed
* Shekhar S, Sinha D, Kumari A (2020) An overview of bacterial Leaf blight disease of rice and different strategies for its management. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences 9, 2250-2265.  https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2020.904.270
------- As Panicum maximum.