The 8 entries in Laisha's encyclopedia that attack Sunflower, 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

• Black cutwormAgrotis ipsilonInsect · The black cutworm is a moth found on every inhabited continent. Its plump, greasy-looking grey caterpillars…
• Cotton bollworm (Old World bollworm)Helicoverpa armigeraInsect · A moth whose caterpillars bore into the fruiting parts of cotton, chickpea, pigeon pea, tomato, maize and…
• Cotton jassid (two-spot cotton leafhopper)Amrasca biguttulaInsect · The cotton jassid is a small, pale green leafhopper that sucks sap from the undersides of the leaves of…
• Cotton mealybug (solenopsis mealybug)Phenacoccus solenopsisInsect · The cotton mealybug is a small, white, waxy sap-sucking insect from North America that suddenly became a…
• Stink bugs of soybeanNezara viridula, Euschistus heros and Piezodorus guildiniiInsect · Stink bugs pierce soybean pods and suck the developing seeds, which become shrivelled, deformed and spotted,…

Fungal diseases

• Charcoal rot (dry root rot)Macrophomina phaseolinaFungal disease · Charcoal rot is a soil-borne fungal disease that kills plants stressed by heat and drought. The fungus…
• Sclerotinia white mould (stem rot)Sclerotinia sclerotiorumFungal disease · Sclerotinia white mould is a fungal disease that rots the stems, heads, pods and fruit of more than 400 plant…
• Verticillium wiltVerticillium dahliaeFungal disease · Verticillium wilt is caused by a soil fungus that enters plant roots and blocks the water-conducting vessels.…

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