Food Plants International

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Food Value: Per 100 g edible portion
Edible Moisture Energy Protein Calcium Iron proVit A proVit C Zinc
part % KJ g mg mg µg mg mg
Tuber 62.8 625 1.4 0.23 30 15 0.48
Leaves 82.0 382 7.1 7.6 11775 275
Insects:
Abgrallaspis cyanophylli (Signoret) Diaspididae (HEM)
Acalolepta holotephra Boisd Cerambycidae (COL.)
Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel) Noctuidae (LEP) Black cutworm
Amblypelta spp. Coreidae (HEM) Amblypelta bugs
Apirocalus spp Curculionidae (COL) Horned weevil
Aulacophora spp. Chrysomelidae (COL) Pumpkin beetles
Bemisia tabaci (Guen.) Aleyrodidae (HEM) Tobacco whitefly
Brysica exigua Dist. Pentatomidae (HEM.)
Chrysomphalus dictyospermi (Morgan) Diaspidiae (HEM)
Dasychira mendosa Hubn. Lymantriidae (LEP.) Leaf eating caterpillar
Ectropis sabulosa Warr. Geometridae (LEP) Cacao looper
Eupholus spp. Curculionidae (COL) Eupholus weevils
Ferrisia consobrina Williams Pseudococcidae (HEM)
Ferrisia virgata Cockerell Pseudococcidae (HEM) Striped mealy bug
Hemiberlesia lataniae (Signoret) Diaspididae (HEM)
Hypotactus ruralis Fst. Curculionidae (COL.)
Leptoglossus australis (Fab.) Coreidae (HEM) Black leaf footed bug
Monolepta spp. Chrysomelidae (COL) Monolepta beetles
Oribius spp. Curculioniodae (COL) Shot hole weevils
Parasaissetia nigra (Nietner) Coccidae (HEM) Nigra scale
Pinnaspis strachani (Cooley) Diaspididae (HEM)
Protaetia papuana Moser Scarabaeidae (COL.)
Pseudaulacaspis pentagona (Taeg) Diaspididae (HEM) Cassava scale
Pseudococcus elisae Borchsenius Pseudococcidae (HEM)
Saissettia nigra (Nietner) Coccidae (HEM) Nigra scale
Spodoptera litura (Fab) Noctuidae (LEP)
Tetranychus marianae McGregor Tetranychidae ACARINA Red spider mite
Tiracola plagiata Walk Noctuidae (LEP) Cacao armyworm
Diseases:
Leaf spot Fungus Cercospora vicosae?
Brown leaf spot Fungus Cercosporidium henningsii (Allesch) Deighton
Leaf spot Fungus Phyllosticta sp.
Blight leaf spot or tip dieback Fungus Colletotrichum capsici (Syd) But. & Bis.
And Glomerella cingulata
Pink disease Fungus Phanerochaete salmonicolor (Berk. & Broome) Julich
Associated with root rot Fungus Dictyosporium toriloides
Collar rot Fungus Fusarium sp.
Root rot ? Helicobasidium purpureum
and Proboscispora manihotis
and Rigidoporus lignosus
Storage rots
Pests:
Importance: In Papua New Guinea, cassava is becoming a more widespread and important
staple food especially in areas with poor soils and distinct drought.