Invasive Species Compendium

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Triumfetta rhomboidea (diamond burbark)
Triumfetta rhomboidea is an environmental and agricultural weed widely distributed in the tropics and subtropics worldwide. It is a competitive shrub...
Tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus (Tomato New Delhi virus)
Tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus (ToLCNDV) is a bipartite, single-stranded DNA virus transmitted by the whitefly, Bemisia tabaci. The virus was...
Acroceras zizanioides (oat grass)
Acroceras zizanioides is a perennial grass, scrambling from prostrate base to over 1 m high. A vigorous, widespread species, it flourishes in...
Diaporthe eres (apple leaf, branch and fruit fungus)
Diaporthe eres was first reported on twigs of Ulmus sp. in Germany and is a plant pathogen, endophyte or saprobe. This species causes plant disease...
Pratylenchus coffeae (banana root nematode)
IntroductionP. coffeae is a major pest of bananas, plantains and abaca, yams, coffee, ginger, citrus and other crops.BananasP. coffeae is of...
Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris (yellow disease phytoplasmas)
Aster  yellows (AY) group phytoplasmas affect plants by causing a general reduction in quantity and quality of yield. The most severely affected...
Magallana gigas (Pacific oyster)
Magallana gigas is an oyster species that originates from north-eastern Asia, but has been widely introduced elsewhere for aquaculture. Although...
Coptotermes gestroi (Asian subterranean termite)
Coptotermes gestroi is a very damaging termite, native to Southeast Asia, which has been introduced to China, the Americas, Italy and some Pacific...
Tuta absoluta (tomato leafminer)
Tuta absoluta is a major destructive pest of tomato worldwide. There is increasing concern about the rapid geographical expansion of the pest in...
Euwallacea fornicatus (polyphagous shot-hole borer)
Euwallacea fornicatus should be considered a high-risk quarantine pest because it can be introduced with current trade practices, and because of the...

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