Rubus
(blackberry, raspberry)

Preferred Common Name

• blackberry, raspberry

International Common Names

• English: blackberry; Raspberry
• French: Murier; Ronce

Local Common Names

• Germany: Brombeere; Himbeere

EPPO code

• RUBSS (Rubus sp.)

• Domain: Eukaryota
•     Kingdom: Plantae
•         Phylum: Spermatophyta
•             Subphylum: Angiospermae
•                 Class: Dicotyledonae
•                     Order: Rosales
•                         Family: Rosaceae
•                             Genus: Rubus

Major host of:

Acalitus essigi (redberry mite); Adelphocoris lineolatus (lucerne bug); Anthocoptes rubicolens; Apple mosaic virus (chestnut mosaic); Argyrotaenia citrana (orange tortrix); Botryosphaeria ribis (canker: apple); Cacoecimorpha pronubana (carnation tortrix); Candidatus Phytoplasma rubi (witches'-broom phytoplasma disease); Choristoneura rosaceana (oblique banded leaf roller); Cnephasia longana (omnivorous leaf-tier); Diaspidiotus perniciosus (San José scale); Drosophila suzukii (spotted wing drosophila); Epiphyas postvittana (light brown apple moth); Leptosphaeria coniothyrium (cane blight); Macropsis fuscula (Rubus leafhopper); Philaenus spumarius (meadow froghopper); Phragmidium rubi-thunbergii; Phytophthora fragariae var. rubi (rost rot: raspberry); Podosphaera aphanis (powdery mildew of strawberry); Popillia japonica (Japanese beetle); Pratylenchus vulnus (walnut root lesion nematode); Prunus necrotic ringspot virus (almond bud failure); Pseudaulacaspis pentagona (mulberry scale); Pseudococcus calceolariae (scarlet mealybug); Rhizobium radiobacter (crown gall); Rhizobium rhizogenes (gall); Scirtothrips dorsalis (chilli thrips); Senecio vulgaris; Strawberry necrotic shock virus (Strawberry necrotic shock virus); Tomato black ring virus (ring spot of beet); Tomato ringspot virus (ringspot of tomato); Xiphinema (dagger nematode); Xiphinema americanum (dagger nematode); Xiphinema rivesi (dagger nematode)

Minor host of:

Aleurodicus dispersus (whitefly); Anthonomus bisignifer (strawberry weevil); Arabis mosaic virus (hop bare-bine); Armillaria ostoyae (armillaria root rot); Beet pseudoyellows virus; Botryotinia fuckeliana (grey mould-rot); Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris (yellow disease phytoplasmas); Candidatus Phytoplasma australiense; Chaetocnema confinis (flea beetle); Coccus hesperidum (brown soft scale); Dialeurodes citri (citrus whitefly); Erwinia amylovora (fireblight); Euproctis chrysorrhoea (brown-tail moth); Eurhizococcus brasiliensis; Halyomorpha halys (brown marmorated stink bug); Icerya seychellarum (Seychelles scale); Impatiens necrotic spot virus (TSWV-I); Lygus lineolaris (tarnished plant bug); Macrosiphum rosae (rose aphid); Meloidogyne hapla (root knot nematode); Monilinia fructigena (brown rot); Orgyia leucostigma (white-marked tussock moth); Otiorhynchus armadillo (armadillo weevil); Otiorhynchus rugosostriatus (rough strawberry root weevil); Otiorhynchus salicicola; Parthenolecanium corni (European fruit lecanium); Phytonemus pallidus (strawberry mite); Phytophthora bilorbang; Platynota stultana (omnivorous leaf roller); Polyphagotarsonemus latus (broad mite); Pratylenchus penetrans (nematode, northern root lesion); Rosellinia necatrix (dematophora root rot); Saturnia pavonia (small emperor moth); Tetranychus pacificus (Pacific spider mite); Tobacco ringspot virus; Tylenchorhynchus claytoni (stunt nematode); Zeuzera pyrina (wood leopard moth)

Wild host of:

Acronicta rumicis (knotgrass moth); Anthonomus signatus (strawberry bud weevil); Elsinoë veneta (cane spot); Empoasca fabae (potato leafhopper); Gerwasia imperialis; Gerwasia mayorii; Gerwasia rubi; Hamaspora acutissima; Hamaspora hashiokai; Hamaspora longissima; Hamaspora rubi-sieboldii; Hamaspora sinica var. sinica; Iris yellow spot virus (iris yellow spot); Kuehneola loeseneriana; Mainsia rubi; Phragmidium acuminatum; Phragmidium arisanense; Phragmidium assamense; Phragmidium bulbosum (blackberry rust); Phragmidium griseum; Phragmidium pauciloculare; Phragmidium yamadanum; Raspberry leaf curl virus (American raspberry leaf curl); Saturnia pyri (giant emperor moth); Selenothrips rubrocinctus (red-banded thrips); Sitobion fragariae (blackberry cereal aphid); Xylella fastidiosa (Pierce's disease of grapevines)

Associated with (not a host):

Drosophila melanogaster (fruit fly, common); Theba pisana (white garden snail)

Host of (source - data mining):

Adoretus sinicus (Chinese rose beetle); Agrotis segetum (turnip moth); Aleyrodes lonicerae; Anastrepha fraterculus (South American fruit fly); Aphis idaei (rasperry leaf-curling aphid); Archips rosana (European leaf roller); Archips xylosteanus (apple, leafroller); Armillaria mellea (armillaria root rot); Asterobemisia carpini; Aulacaspis rosae (mango snow scale); Blackberry yellow vein-associated virus; Cephaleuros virescens (algal spot of coffee); Clepsis spectrana (oblique-banded caterpillar); Cornu aspersum (common garden snail); Ctenopseustis obliquana; Edwardsiana rosae (rose leafhopper); Frankliniella occidentalis (western flower thrips); Frankliniella tritici (eastern flower thrips); Fusarium oxysporum (basal rot); Lasioptera rubi (gall midge, blackberry stem); Lygocoris pabulinus (green capsid bug, common); Lygus spinolae (plant bug, pale green); Lymantria dispar (gypsy moth); Metcalfa pruinosa (frosted moth-bug); Pandemis heparana (apple brown tortrix); Parthenolecanium persicae (peach scale); Pegomya rubivora (raspberry cane maggot); Peronospora sparsa (downy mildew); Phyllocoptes gracilis (dryberry mite); Phytophthora cryptogea (tomato foot rot); Puto superbus; Raspberry bushy dwarf virus (raspberry symptomless decline); Raspberry leaf blotch virus; Raspberry leaf mottle virus; Ribautiana tenerrima (bramble leafhopper); Ricania speculum; Sitobion avenae (wheat aphid); Sphinx ligustri (privet hawkmoth); Thrips tabaci (onion thrips); Tobacco streak virus (tobacco streak)