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In South Africa, cutworms attack the Cape gooseberry in seedbeds, red spiders in the field, and potato tuber moths near potato fields. Hares damage young plants, and birds eat the fruits. Mites, whiteflies and flea beetles can also be problematic. [2] Powdery mildew, soft brown scale, root rot and viruses may affect plants. [2]
English names include common gooseberry sawfly [1] and imported currantworm. [2] This insect is best known as a pest of gooseberries. The larvae feed on the foliage of the plant, often defoliating it completely. [1] Like all sawflies, this species is a hymenopteran, not a true fly. This insect can produce three generations per year, with larvae ...
Physalis (/ ˈ f aɪ s ə l ɪ s /, / f ɪ-/, / f aɪ ˈ s eɪ l ɪ s /, /-ˈ s æ-/, from φυσαλλίς : phusallís 'bladder' [3]) is a genus of approximately 75 to 90 flowering plants in the nightshade family (), which are native to the Americas and Australasia.
Cecidophyopsis ribis is an eriophyid mite which is best known for being a plant parasite, a pest of Ribes species, the genus that includes gooseberries and blackcurrants. It is commonly known as the blackcurrant gall mite or big bud mite. It feeds on the plants' buds, forming galls, and transmits a virus which causes blackcurrant reversion ...
Gooseberry most often refers to cultivated plants from two species of the genus Ribes: Ribes uva-crispa native to Europe, northwestern Africa and southwestern Asia. Ribes hirtellum , American gooseberry
Bacterial diseases; Bacterial spot Xanthomonas euvesicatoria pv. citrumelo: Black pit (fruit) Pseudomonas syringae: Blast Pseudomonas syringae: Citrus canker:
The English name gooseberry sawfly refers to at least three species of sawfly: [1] Nematus ribesii , the common gooseberry sawfly or imported currentworm Nematus leucotrochus , the pale-spotted gooseberry sawfly
L. theobromae causes diseases such as dieback, blights, and root rot in a variety of different hosts in tropical and subtropical regions. [7] [8] These include guava, coconut, papaya, and grapevine. [8] Botryosphaeria dieback, which is formerly known as bot canker, is characterised by a range of symptoms that affect grapevine in particular ...