🩺 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
Lochingiya Dawuro Zone Mareka District Ethnobotany & Indigenous Knowledge / Medicine Morphological:?Identified by farmers using morphological traits.?Medicinal:?Used to join the broken body (bone), for lung disease and cough, to harden... Tekalign 2021
Mandulka 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:?Moderate (2.00).?Termite:?Susceptible (3.00).?Wo... Mulualem & Walle 2014
Mariye Kembata-Tembaro Zone Ojojia Water Shade Diseases & Pests Susceptible Bacterial Wilt:?Susceptible (3.00).?Mealy Bugs:?Moderate (2.00).?Nematode:?Susceptible (3.00).?Root Rot:?Moderate (2.00).?Termite:?Susceptible (3.00).... Mulualem & Walle 2014
Maze Gamo Zone Gamo Highlands Diseases & Pests Tolerant Morphological:?Enset variety evaluated for tolerance to Xvm.?Agronomic:?Did not show typical wilt symptoms until after 45 days of infected enset culti... Gemeda et al. 2023
Mazia Ethiopia (Southern Ethiopia) Various Genetics & Genomics Chloroplast Genome:?Size 168,806 bp (largest); LSC 88,707 bp; SSC 11,076 bp; IR 34,523/34,310 bp.?Genes:?Total 137 genes (105 unique, 24 duplicate cop... Biswas et al. 2025
Maziya Gedeo Zone Various Diseases & Pests Resistant Disease Response:?Resistant (R) to Enset Bacterial Wilt (EBW).?Mean Incubation Period (MIP):?50.00 days (second longest).?Complete Wilting (CW):?67.67... Abrar et al. 2022
Maziya Ethiopia (Southern Ethiopia) Various Diseases & Pests / Nematology Resistant Nematode Response:?Resistant to?Pratylenchus goodeyi.?Final Nematode Density (P<sub>f</sub>):?455 (Experiment 1); 2,746 (Experiment 2).?Reproduction F... Kidane et al. 2021
Maziya Dawro Zone Various Diseases & Pests Tolerant Disease Response:?Xanthomonas wilt tolerant.?Mean Disease Incidence:?19.31%.?Reference:?Hunduma et al., 2015.?Key Finding:?Xanthomonas wilt tolerant l... Yemataw et al. 2018
Merjia Kembata-Tembaro Zone Ojojia Water Shade Diseases & Pests Susceptible Bacterial Wilt:?Moderate (2.00).?Mealy Bugs:?Moderate (2.00).?Nematode:?Susceptible (3.00).?Root Rot:?Moderate (2.00).?Termite:?Susceptible (3.00).?Wo... Mulualem & Walle 2014
Merza Kembata-Tembaro Zone Ojojia Water Shade Diseases & Pests Resistant Bacterial Wilt:?Moderate (2.00).?Mealy Bugs:?Resistant (1.00).?Nematode:?Resistant (1.00).?Root Rot:?Moderate (2.00).?Termite:?Moderate (2.00).?Worm:?... Mulualem & Walle 2014
Mesmesicho Kembata-Tembaro Zone Ojojia Water Shade Diseases & Pests Susceptible Bacterial Wilt:?Susceptible (3.00).?Mealy Bugs:?Moderate (2.00).?Nematode:?Moderate (2.00).?Root Rot:?Moderate (2.00).?Termite:?Susceptible (3.00).?Wo... Mulualem & Walle 2014
Messana (also Messina/Mesena) Ethiopia (Southern Ethiopia) Various Diseases & Pests / Nematology Resistant Nematode Response:?Resistant to?Pratylenchus goodeyi.?Final Nematode Density (P<sub>f</sub>):?1,153 (Experiment 1); 7,691 (Experiment 2).?Reproduction... Kidane et al. 2021
Meziya (also Maziya) Ethiopia (Southern Ethiopia) Various Diseases & Pests Resistant Disease Response:?Resistant/tolerant to Enset Bacterial Wilt.?Disease Symptoms:?No symptoms observed after 90 days of inoculation.?Key Finding:?Identi... Gemechu et al. 2021
Midasho Gurage Zone Central Ethiopia Plant Physiology / Genetic Resources & Diversity Susceptible Morphological:?Plant height 400-800 cm. Leaf number 3-10. Leaf area 8452.5-26460 cm?. Stomatal conductance 41.5-194.4 mmol/m?/s.?Drought Response:?Dro... Chase et al. 2025
Miqe Gedeo Zone Various Diseases & Pests Susceptible Disease Response:?Susceptible (S).?Mean Incubation Period (MIP):?25.00 days.?Complete Wilting (CW):?36.00 days.?Disease Incidence (DI):?20% at 14 DAI;... Abrar et al. 2022
Mundame Gedeo Zone Various Diseases & Pests Resistant Disease Response:?Moderately Resistant (MR).?Mean Incubation Period (MIP):?33.33 days.?Complete Wilting (CW):?52.67 days.?Disease Incidence (DI):?20% ... Abrar et al. 2022
Mundraro Gurage Zone Central Ethiopia Plant Physiology / Genetic Resources & Diversity Susceptible Morphological:?Drought susceptible landrace. Chase et al. 2025
Nech Enset Ethiopia (Southern Ethiopia) Various Diseases & Pests Resistant Disease Response:?Resistant/tolerant to Enset Bacterial Wilt.?Disease Symptoms:?No symptoms observed after 90 days of inoculation.?Key Finding:?Identi... Gemechu et al. 2021
Necha-gudiro Sheka Zone Anderacha Woreda Ethnobotany & Indigenous Knowledge Morphological:?White pseudostem color; white coloration variant (Necha = white).?Agronomic:?Kocho yield high; Kocho color white; disease resistance hi... Haile et al. 2022
Nechiwe Gurage Zone Central Ethiopia Plant Physiology / Genetic Resources & Diversity Susceptible Morphological:?Plant height 300-510 cm. Leaf number 4-8. Leaf area 7680.75-17742.5 cm?. Stomatal conductance 42.2-263 mmol/m?/s.?Drought Response:?Dro... Chase et al. 2025