The 6 entries in Laisha's encyclopedia that attack Tobacco, 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

• Green peach aphidMyzus persicaeInsect · A small, soft-bodied aphid found on hundreds of crops worldwide. Colonies curl leaves and leave sticky…
• Onion thripsThrips tabaciInsect · A tiny thrips that rasps the surface of onion, garlic and leek leaves, leaving silvery streaks that reduce…
• Tobacco cutworm (Asian armyworm)Spodoptera lituraInsect · A moth whose caterpillars hatch in clusters, skeletonise leaves together and then spread out to devour…

Nematodes

• Root-knot nematodesMeloidogyne incognitaNematode · Root-knot nematodes are microscopic worms that enter roots and turn them into swollen, knotted galls, so…

Oomycete diseases (water moulds)

• Damping-off of seedlingsPythium aphanidermatum and other soil-borne pathogensOomycete disease · Damping-off is the death of seeds and young seedlings caused by soil-borne water moulds and fungi, above all…

Bacterial diseases

• Bacterial wilt (Ralstonia wilt, brown rot of potato)Ralstonia solanacearum species complexBacterial disease · A soil- and water-borne bacterium that blocks the water-conducting tissue of tomato, potato, eggplant,…