Pest Management Library
Know Your Enemies.
Identification guides, lifecycle information, and organic + chemical control methods for 20 major crop pests affecting smallholder farms in Africa and Asia.
20
Pest profiles
5
Pest categories
100+
Control methods
30+
Affected crops
Pest Type
Fall Armyworm
Spodoptera frugiperda
Affects 7 crops
Whitefly (Silverleaf Whitefly)
Bemisia tabaci
Affects 8 crops
African Bollworm (Cotton Bollworm / Corn Earworm)
Helicoverpa armigera
Affects 9 crops
Cereal Stem Borer Complex
Busseola fusca / Chilo partellus / Sesamia calamistis
Affects 5 crops
Fruit Fly Complex
Bactrocera dorsalis / Ceratitis capitata / Ceratitis cosyra
Affects 8 crops
Aphids
Aphis gossypii / Myzus persicae / Aphis craccivora / others
Affects 9 crops
Banana Weevil (Banana Borer)
Cosmopolites sordidus
Affects 2 crops
Coffee Berry Borer
Hypothenemus hampei
Affects 1 crops
Diamondback Moth
Plutella xylostella
Affects 4 crops
Cassava Mealybug
Phenacoccus manihoti
Affects 1 crops
Onion Thrips
Thrips tabaci
Affects 6 crops
Red Palm Weevil
Rhynchophorus ferrugineus
Affects 3 crops
Cotton Pink Bollworm
Pectinophora gossypiella
Affects 1 crops
Root-Knot Nematodes
Meloidogyne incognita / M. javanica / M. arenaria
Affects 10 crops
Brown Planthopper
Nilaparvata lugens
Affects 1 crops
Maize Weevil (Sitophilus zeamais)
Sitophilus zeamais
Affects 4 crops
Tomato Leaf Miner (Tuta absoluta)
Tuta absoluta
Affects 4 crops
Desert Locust
Schistocerca gregaria
Affects 9 crops
Sweet Potato Weevil
Cylas puncticollis / C. brunneus / C. formicarius
Affects 1 crops
Asian Citrus Psyllid
Diaphorina citri
Affects 5 crops