The 4 entries in Laisha's encyclopedia that attack Cassava, grouped by type. Each page covers identification, life cycle, the conditions that favour it, action thresholds and integrated management.

Growing Cassava? The free Cassava grow guide covers the crop from sowing to harvest.

Insect pests

• Cassava mealybugPhenacoccus manihotiInsect · A small, waxy, pinkish insect that sucks sap from the growing tips of cassava, making them bunch up into…
• Papaya mealybugParacoccus marginatusInsect · A small yellow mealybug covered in white wax that forms dense colonies on papaya, cassava, hibiscus, mulberry…
• Silverleaf whitefly (Bemisia whitefly)Bemisia tabaciInsect · A tiny white sap-sucking insect that sits on the undersides of leaves of cotton, vegetables, cassava and…

Virus diseases

• Cassava mosaic diseaseCassava mosaic begomoviruses (African cassava mosaic virus and relatives)Virus disease · Cassava mosaic disease is the most important disease of cassava, a staple for hundreds of millions of people…