Agricultural Pests Act, 1983 (Act No. 36 of 1983)

Scientific Name

Common Name

Banana bunchy top virus

Bunchy top of banana

Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris

Aster yellow phytoplasmas

Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. Nebraskensis

Goss's bacterial wilt and leaf blight of maize

Drosophila suzukii

Spotted-wing drosophila

Fusarium oxysporum f. cubense

Panama disease

Liberibacter africanus

Citrus greening (African strain)

Liberibacter americanus

Citrus greening (American strain)

Liberibacter asiaticus

Citrus greening (Asian strain)

Pepper ringspot virus

Pepper ringspot virus (PepRSV)

Ralstonia solanacearum

Bacteria wilt

Synchytrium endobioticum

Wart disease of potatoes

Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. punicae

Bacterial blight of pomegranate

Xylella fastidiosa (including all subspecies)

Xylem-limited bacterium

Xylophilus ampelinus (Xanthomonas ampelina)

Bacterial blight