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Table 5 Estimated yield loss caused by individual IAS in Africa

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

Host plant

IAS

Yield loss values (billions USD) estimated by

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

  1. *Numbers in brackets indicate high and low estimates