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Genetically Modified Pest-Protected Plants: Science and Regulation

Committee on Genetically Modified Pest-Protected Plants
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources
National Research Council
National Academy Press
Washington, DC.

Appendix E

Scientific and common names

[Front page and table of contents]

TABLE E.1 Index of Plant Names

TABLE E.2    Index of Plant Diseases
TABLE E.3     Index of Invertebrates, Plant Pests

Common name Latin name
alfalfa  Medicago sativa
arabidopsis Arabidopsis thaliana
barley  Hordeum vulgare
brazil nut  Bertholletia excelsa
brussels sprout  Brassica oleracea ssp. gemmifera
corn  Zea mays
cotton  Gossypium hirsutum
cucumber  Cucurbita pepo
FLCP (Free-living Cucurbita pepo) or Texas gourd Cucurbita texana
maize  Zea mays
mlkweed  Asclepias sp
oats  Avena sativa
papaya  Carica papaya
pea  Pisum sativum
peanut  Arachis hypogeae
potato  Solanum spp.
rice  Oryza sativa
rye  Secale cereale L.
soybean  Glycine max
tall wheat grass  Thinopyrum ponticum
texas gourd or FLCP  Cucurbita texana
tobacco  Nicotiana tabacum
tomato  Lycopersicum esculentum
wheat, common  Triticum aestivum L.
wheat, durum  Triticum durum Desf.
wheat, wild   Triticum monococcum



TABLE E.2 Index of Plant Diseases

Latin name or Abbreviation Common Name Description Agrobacterium tumefaciens crown gall bacterium
Cladosporium fulvum   leaf mold fungus
CMV   cucumber mosaic virus
Cochliobolus carbonum   leaf spot fungus
Cochliobolus victoriae   victoria blight (oats)
Erisyphe graminis f. sp.   hordei powdery mildew fungus
Erwinia herbicola   bacterial soft rot
Fusarium   ear and stalk rot fungus
Gaeumannomyces graminis   sheath rot fungus
Helminthosporium maydis   southern corn leaf blight and stalk rot fungus
Meloidogyne incognita   root-knot nematode
PRSV    papaya ringspot virus
Pseudomonas syringae    bacterial leaf blight
Pseudocercosporella herpotrichoides eyespot fungus
Puccinia coronata       crown rust fungus
Puccinia graminis Pers. f. sp. tritici   stem rust (or black rust) fungus Puccinia recondita Rob. Ex Desm. f. sp. Tritici  leaf rust (or brown rust) fungus
Puccinia striiformis West stripe rust (or yellow rust) fungus
TMV          tobacco mosaic virus
WMV2       watermelon mosaic virus-2
ZYMV      zucchini yellow mosaic virus



TABLE E.3 Index of Invertebrates, Plant Pests

Latin name or Abbreviation Common Name
Campoletis sonorensis  parasitoid of corn earworm
Collembola    springtail
Daphnia    water flea
Helicoverpa zea    corn earworm, cotton bollworm
Heliothis virescens F.   tobacco budworm
Macrosiphum euphorbiae potato aphid
Pectinophora gossypiella pink bollworm

 

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