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Table 5 Yield loss value caused by individual IAS in billions USD. Numbers in brackets indicate high and low estimates

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

Host

IAS

Literature only

Literature + survey

Maize

Spodoptera frugiperda

6.9 (–)

9.4 (7.7–12.1)

Prostephanus truncatus

0.2 (0.1–0.3)

0.3 (0.2–0.5)

Chilo partellus

2.6 (2.1–3.1)

2.6 (2.1–3.1)

Cassava

Phenacoccus manihoti

0.0 (0.0–0.0)

6.3 (5.5–7.3)

Tomato

Phthorimaea absoluta

4.8 (3.6–6.7)

4.1 (3.2–5.6)

Banana

BBTV

0.2 (–)

0.6 (0.5–0.6)

Mangoes (and citrus in survey)

Bactrocera dorsalis

3.5 (1.7–10.6)

5.8 (4.4–10.0)

Total

 

18.2

29.1