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Table 1 Selected main crops in African agriculture and representative IAS for which yield loss estimates were made

From: Towards estimating the economic cost of invasive alien species to African crop and livestock production

Crop type

Crop

Representative IAS

Cereals

Maize

Spodoptera frugiperda J. E. Smith

Chilo partellus C. Swinhoe

Stored products

Maize

Prostephanus truncatus Horn

Root crops

Cassava

Phenacoccus manihoti Matile-Ferrero

Fruit

Mango, citrus

Bactrocera dorsalis Hendel

Banana, including plantains

Banana bunchy top virus

Vegetables

Tomato

Phthorimaea absoluta Meyrick