🩺 Disease & Pest Resistance Report

💡 Disease & Pest Report: Shows landraces with documented resistance or susceptibility to major enset diseases including Bacterial Wilt (Xanthomonas), nematodes, mealy bugs, root rot, and termites.
R 32 resistant records S 79 susceptible records T 82 tolerant records W 66 Bacterial Wilt records N 89 Nematode records ⬇️ Export CSV
Landrace Name Zone Woreda Category Resistance Info Description Citation
Hinwane Gurage Zone Central Ethiopia Plant Physiology / Genetic Resources & Diversity Susceptible Morphological:?Drought susceptible landrace. Chase et al. 2025
Hoeya Dawuro Zone Mareka District Ethnobotany & Indigenous Knowledge Morphological:?Identified by farmers using morphological traits.?Agronomic:?6th overall ranking (17.80). Good yield (2.40), maturity time (2.20), bull... Feleke & Tekalign 2022
Hoeya Dawuro Zone Mareka District Ethnobotany & Indigenous Knowledge / Genetic Resources & Diversity Moderate Morphological:?Identified by farmers using morphological traits.?Agronomic:?6th overall ranking (17.80). Good yield (2.40), maturity time (2.20), bull... Feleke & Tekalign 2022
Hoeya Dawuro Zone Mareka District Ethnobotany & Indigenous Knowledge / Genetic Resources & Diversity Moderate Morphological:?Identified by farmers using morphological traits.?Agronomic:?6th overall ranking (17.80). Good yield (2.40), maturity time (2.20), bull... Tekalign 2021
Kanchiwe Gurage Zone Various Diseases & Pests / Nematology Nematode Density (Soil):?Pratylenchus?124.5 individuals/100 ml soil;?Meloidogyne?68.8;?Helicotylenchus?14.9;?Tylenchorhynchus?4.9.?Root Nematodes:?Pra... Gerura et al. 2022
Karase Gedeo Zone Various Ethnobotany & Indigenous Knowledge Use:?Mid-rib squeeze used for abdominal pain, malaria, hepatitis, and eye disease. Fruit and corm squeezed water, fruit, boiled corm used for abdomina... Muanenda et al. 2025
Karase Gedeo Zone Various Diseases & Pests Susceptible Disease Response:?Highly Susceptible (HS).?Mean Incubation Period (MIP):?23.00 days.?Complete Wilting (CW):?35.00 days.?Disease Incidence (DI):?20% at... Abrar et al. 2022
Kaseta Kembata-Tembaro Zone Ojojia Water Shade Diseases & Pests Susceptible Bacterial Wilt:?Moderate (2.00).?Mealy Bugs:?Susceptible (3.00).?Nematode:?Moderate (2.00).?Root Rot:?Resistant (1.00).?Termite:?Moderate (2.00).?Worm... Mulualem & Walle 2014
Kekari Ethiopia (Southern Ethiopia) Various Diseases & Pests Susceptible Disease Response:?Highly susceptible to Enset Bacterial Wilt.?Disease Symptoms:?Showed 100% disease symptoms after 30 days of inoculation.?Key Finding... Gemechu et al. 2021
Kellisa Ethiopia (Southern Ethiopia) Various Diseases & Pests / Nematology Resistant Nematode Response:?Resistant to?Pratylenchus goodeyi.?Final Nematode Density (P<sub>f</sub>):?1,623 (Experiment 1); 3,529 (Experiment 2).?Reproduction... Kidane et al. 2021
Kembotra Kembata-Tembaro Zone Ojojia Water Shade Diseases & Pests Susceptible Bacterial Wilt:?Moderate (2.00).?Mealy Bugs:?Resistant (1.00).?Nematode:?Moderate (2.00).?Root Rot:?Moderate (2.00).?Termite:?Susceptible (3.00).?Worm... Mulualem & Walle 2014
Kerewetye Gurage Zone Various Diseases & Pests / Nematology Nematode Density (Soil):?Pratylenchus?18.0 individuals/100 ml soil;?Meloidogyne?33.3;?Helicotylenchus?16.7. Gerura et al. 2022
Kibnar Gurage Zone Various Diseases & Pests / Nematology Nematode Density (Soil):?Pratylenchus?383.7 individuals/100 ml soil;?Meloidogyne?25;?Helicotylenchus?90;?Tylenchorhynchus?28.3.?Key Finding:?High?Prat... Gerura et al. 2022
Kibot Gurage Zone Various Diseases & Pests / Nematology Nematode Density (Soil):?Pratylenchus?60.0 individuals/100 ml soil;?Meloidogyne?8;?Helicotylenchus?166;?Tylenchorhynchus?6. Gerura et al. 2022
Kiticho Gurage Zone Central Ethiopia Plant Physiology / Genetic Resources & Diversity Susceptible Morphological:?Plant height 330-650 cm. Leaf number 4-6. Leaf area 9922.5-24108 cm?. Stomatal conductance 33.4-81.8 mmol/m?/s.?Drought Response:?Droug... Chase et al. 2025
Korkoro Gedeo Zone Various Diseases & Pests Susceptible Disease Response:?Susceptible (S).?Mean Incubation Period (MIP):?26.00 days.?Complete Wilting (CW):?38.00 days.?Disease Incidence (DI):?10% at 14 DAI;... Abrar et al. 2022
Lemat Gurage Zone Various Diseases & Pests / Nematology Nematode Density (Soil):?Pratylenchus?53.9 individuals/100 ml soil;?Meloidogyne?17.9;?Helicotylenchus?12;?Tylenchorhynchus?2.5;?Meloidodera?0.7.?Root ... Gerura et al. 2022
Lemat Gurage Zone Various Diseases & Pests Tolerant Disease Response:?Xanthomonas wilt tolerant.?Mean Disease Incidence:?22.00%.?Reference:?Welde-Michael et al., 2008.?Key Finding:?Moderate disease tole... Yemataw et al. 2018
Lochingiya Dawuro Zone Mareka District Ethnobotany & Indigenous Knowledge Medicinal:?Used to join broken body (bone), for lung disease and cough, to harden the damaged organ.?Preparation:?The corm is boiled and eaten with ch... Feleke & Tekalign 2022
Lochingiya Dawuro Zone Mareka District Ethnobotany & Indigenous Knowledge / Medicine Morphological:?Identified by farmers using morphological traits.?Medicinal:?Used to join broken body (bone), for lung disease and cough, to harden the... Feleke & Tekalign 2022