EPPO Global Database

Zoysia japonica(ZOYJA)

Pests

Organism Type
Blissus insularis (as Zoysia) (BLISIN) Experimental
* Reinert JA, Chandra A, Engelke MC (2011) Susceptibility of genera and cultivars of turfgrass to southern chinch bug Blissus insularis (Hemiptera: Blissidae). Florida Entomologist 94(2), 158-163. https://doi.org/10.1653/024.094.0206
------- good host in no-choice experiment.
Pyricularia oryzae (PYRIOR) Host
* Freund D, Fraser M, Stephens C, Dean D, Butler EL, Kerns J (2025) First Report of Gray Leaf Spot Caused by Pyricularia oryzae on Zoysia japonica in the United States of America. Plant Disease 109(9), 1990. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-04-25-0863-PDN
Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (XANTOR) Wild/Weed
* Saddler GS (2000) Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae. IMI Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria No. 1457, CABI, Wallingford (GB), 3 pp.
Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzicola (XANTTO) Wild/Weed
* CABI (2002) IMI Description of Fungi and Bacteria no. 1458. Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzicola, 3 pp.

* Issa W, Adama S, Habibatou B, Sylvain Z, Ouedraogo L (2023) Weeds as a potential host of inoculum in irrigated rice systems in Burkina Faso. The Open Agriculture Journal 17(1), e187433152307120