Tobacco Pests

Pests of National Significance

Insect Pests

• Leaf eating caterpillar: Spodoptera litura Fab. (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
• Whitefly: Bemisia tabaci Genn (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae)
• Stem borer: Scrobipalpa heliopa Low. (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)
• Gram pod borer/bud worm/capsule borer: Helicoverpa armigera Hub. (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
• Tobacco aphid: Myzus nicotianae Black (Hemiptera: Aphididae)

Diseases

• Damping off: Pythium aphanidermatum (Edson) Fitzp, Pythium myriotylum Drechsler
• Frog eye leaf spot: Cercospora nicotianae Ellis & Everh.
• Leaf bight: Phytophthora parasitica var. nicotianae Breda de Haa
• Anthracnose: Colletotrichum tabacum Boning
• Rhizoctonia leaf spot/Sore shin: Rhizoctonia solani J.G. Kühn
• Black shank: Phytophthora parasitica var. nicotianae (Edison) Fitzp
• Fusarium wilt: Fusarium oxysporum var. nicotianae Sherb.
• Brown spot: Alternaria alternata (Fr.) Keissl
• Tobacco mosaic disease: Tobacco mosaic virus
• Tobacco leaf curl disease: Tobacco leaf curl virus
• Cucumber mosaic disease: Cucumber mosaic virus
• Tobacco ring spot disease: Tobacco ring spot virus

Nematode

• Root-knot nematode: Meloidogyne spp. (M. icongnita, M. arineria, M. javanica)

Weeds

Broad leaf

• Lambs quarter: Chenopodium album L. (Chenopodiaceae)
• Scarlet pimpernel: Anagallis arvensis L. (Primulaceae)
• Sweet clover: Melilotus indica (L.) All. (Fabaceae)
• Fine leaf fumitory: Fumaria parviflora Lam. (Fumariaceae)
• Corn spurry: Spergula arvensis L. (Caryophyllaceae)
• Pigweed: Amaranthus viridis Hook. F. (Amaranthaceae)
• Swine cress: Coronopus didymus (L.) Sm. (Brassicaceae)
• Black nightshade: Solanum nigrum L. (Solanaceae)
• Common purselane: Portulaca oleracea L. (Portualacaceae)
• False amaranth: Digera arvensis Forssk. (Amaranthaceae)
• Carrot grass: Parthenium hysterophorus L. (Asteraceae)

Grasses

• Blue grass: Poa annua L. (Poaceae)
• Rabbit/crow foot grass: Dactyloctenium aegyptium (L.) Willd (Poaceae)
• Crab grass: Digiteria sanguinalis (L.) Scop. (Poaceae)
• Barnyard grass: Echinochloa crusgalli (L.) Beauv. (Poaceae)

Sedges

• Purple nutsedge: Cyperus rotundus L. (Cyperaceae)
• Flat sedge: Cyperus iria L. (Cyperaceae)

Parasitic

• Broomrape: Orobanche aegyptiaca L. (Orobanchaceae)

Pests of Regional Significance

Insect pests

• Cut worm: Agrotis ipsilon Hufnagel (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
• White grub: Phyllophaga spp. (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)
• Rove beetle: Bledius gracillicornis (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)
• Grass hoppers: Acrida exultata, Cyrtacanthacris tartarica, Atractomorpha crenulata (Orthoptera: Acrididae)
• Cotton mealybug: Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae)

Diseases

• Bacterial wilt: Ralstonia solanacearum Smith
• Hollow stalk: Erwinia carotovora sub sp. carotovora Jones

IPM for Tobacco

To know the IPM practices for Tobacco, click here.

Source: NIPHM and Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine & Storage