The 6 entries in Laisha's encyclopedia that attack Common bean, grouped by type. Each page covers identification, life cycle, the conditions that favour it, action thresholds and integrated management.

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Insect pests

• Serpentine leafminer (Liriomyza leafminers)Liriomyza trifoliiInsect · Leafminers are tiny black-and-yellow flies whose maggots tunnel inside leaves, leaving pale, winding trails.…
• Silverleaf whitefly (Bemisia whitefly)Bemisia tabaciInsect · A tiny white sap-sucking insect that sits on the undersides of leaves of cotton, vegetables, cassava and…

Mites

• Two-spotted spider mite (red spider mite)Tetranychus urticaeMite · A mite smaller than a pinhead that sucks the contents of leaf cells, leaving pale speckles, bronzed leaves…

Fungal diseases

• Asian soybean rustPhakopsora pachyrhiziFungal disease · A rust fungus that can strip soybean plants of their leaves within weeks of first appearing, before the pods…

Virus diseases

• Tomato yellow leaf curl disease (TYLCV)Tomato yellow leaf curl virusVirus disease · Tomato yellow leaf curl is caused by a virus spread by the whitefly Bemisia tabaci. Infected tomato plants…
• Yellow mosaic of mung bean, black gram and soybean (YMD)Mungbean yellow mosaic India virus and Mungbean yellow mosaic virusVirus disease · Yellow mosaic is the most destructive disease of mung bean and black gram in South and Southeast Asia, and a…