Colorado Potato Beetle

Leptinotarsa decemlineata

• GRIN: resistance data on 484 and 1500 accessions (datasets partly overlapping).
• VIR: data on 341 acc. not yet online, but downloadable in a combined data set of the European potato genebanks.

Tomato potato psyllid (TPP)

Bactericera cockerelli

The tomato potato psyllid is a major pest first recognised in the early 1900s. It attacks crops in the Solanaceae (potato, tomato, pepper) as well as members of the Convolvulaceae (including sweet potato).Native to North America, it has recently spread to New Zealand and Western Australia. Infestation results in “psyllid yellows” and the insect can transmit the bacterium associated with Zebra Chip disease.

Further details: CABI factsheet and Agricultire Victoria.

Leaf miner

Liriomyza huidobrensis

Resistance data from advanced CIP clones are available.

Other insects

• Additional resistance data can be found in GRIN, under the Insect category (traits 4–16).
• A comprehensive Pest Distribution and Risk Atlas for Africa, including three potato tuber moth species, is maintained by CIP.