Solanum melongena L.
(Aubergine, Eggplant)

Interactions where Solanum melongena is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
(live) live may be infected and damaged by Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph UK/IrelandRare Alternaria solani Potato and Tomato Early Blight - causative organism, Early Potato Blight Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Alternaria solani/Alternaria solanipotato and tomato early blight (causative organism), early potato blightAlternaria dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Solanum melongena/Solanum melongenaaubergine, eggplantliveRare Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages live
(live) live is parasitised by UK/Ireland Golovinomyces orontii a polyphagous powdery mildew Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Golovinomyces orontii/Golovinomyces orontiia polyphagous powdery mildew Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Solanum melongena/Solanum melongenaaubergine, eggplantlive parasitises live
fruit fruit is mined by larva Foreign Tuta absoluta Tomato Leaf Miner, South American Tomato Moth Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae Pest Risk Analysis for Tuta absoluta, Tomato Leaf Miner Moth or South American Tomato Moth, Potting, R., 2009
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Gelechiidae/Tuta absoluta/Tuta absolutatomato leaf miner, South American tomato mothlarva Foodplant / minerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Solanum melongena/Solanum melongenaaubergine, eggplantfruit larva mines fruit
fruit (live) live fruit may be infected and damaged by subepidermal then erumpent, brown or brownish black pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph Didymella lycopersici Tomato Stem and Fruit Rot - causative organism, Tomato Haulm Rot Pleosporales: Didymellaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Didymellaceae/Didymella lycopersici/Didymella lycopersicitomato stem and fruit rot - causative organism, tomato haulm rotsubepidermal then erumpent, brown or brownish blackpycnidiumAscochyta coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Solanum melongena/Solanum melongenaaubergine, eggplantlivefruit (5-7)subepidermal then erumpent, brown or brownish black pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages live fruit
fruit (rotten) rotten fruit may be infected and damaged by subepidermal then erumpent, brown or brownish black pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph Didymella lycopersici Tomato Stem and Fruit Rot - causative organism, Tomato Haulm Rot Pleosporales: Didymellaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Didymellaceae/Didymella lycopersici/Didymella lycopersicitomato stem and fruit rot - causative organism, tomato haulm rotsubepidermal then erumpent, brown or brownish blackpycnidiumAscochyta coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Solanum melongena/Solanum melongenaaubergine, eggplantrottenfruit (5-7)subepidermal then erumpent, brown or brownish black pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages rotten fruit
leaf leaf is mined by larva Foreign Tuta absoluta Tomato Leaf Miner, South American Tomato Moth Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae Pest Risk Analysis for Tuta absoluta, Tomato Leaf Miner Moth or South American Tomato Moth, Potting, R., 2009
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Gelechiidae/Tuta absoluta/Tuta absolutatomato leaf miner, South American tomato mothlarva Foodplant / minerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Solanum melongena/Solanum melongenaaubergine, eggplantleaf larva mines leaf
leaf leaf may be infected and damaged by hypophyllous sporangium Foreign Peronospora tabacina Tobacco Blue Mould Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
Peronospora hyoscyami f.sp. tabacina, Hall, G., 1980
 /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora tabacina/Peronospora tabacinatobacco blue mouldhypophylloussporangium Foodplant / pathogenForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Solanum melongena/Solanum melongenaaubergine, eggplantleaf hypophyllous sporangium infects and damages leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by pycnidium of Phoma coelomycetous anamorph Septoria lycopersici Tomato Leaf Spot - causative organism Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Septoria lycopersici Speg., Sutton, B.C. & Waterston, J.M., 1964
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Septoria lycopersici/Septoria lycopersicitomato leaf spot (causative organism)pycnidiumPhoma coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causer /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Solanum melongena/Solanum melongenaaubergine, eggplantliveleaf pycnidium of Phoma coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf may be infected and damaged by subepidermal then erumpent, brown or brownish black pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph Didymella lycopersici Tomato Stem and Fruit Rot - causative organism, Tomato Haulm Rot Pleosporales: Didymellaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Didymellaceae/Didymella lycopersici/Didymella lycopersicitomato stem and fruit rot - causative organism, tomato haulm rotsubepidermal then erumpent, brown or brownish blackpycnidiumAscochyta coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Solanum melongena/Solanum melongenaaubergine, eggplantliveleaf (5-7)subepidermal then erumpent, brown or brownish black pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages live leaf
root (brown lesioned) brown lesioned root may be infected and damaged by Fusarium anamorph Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. radicis-lycopersici an anamorphic fungus (FORL) Hypocreales: Nectriaceae Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. radicis-lycopersici Jarvis & Shoemaker, Brayford, D., 1996
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Nectriaceae/Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. radicis-lycopersici/Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. radicis-lycopersician anamorphic fungus (FORL)Fusarium anamorph Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Solanum melongena/Solanum melongenaaubergine, eggplantbrown lesionedroot Fusarium anamorph infects and damages brown lesioned root
stem (lower) (brown lesioned) brown lesioned stem (lower) may be infected and damaged by Fusarium anamorph Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. radicis-lycopersici an anamorphic fungus (FORL) Hypocreales: Nectriaceae Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. radicis-lycopersici Jarvis & Shoemaker, Brayford, D., 1996
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Nectriaceae/Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. radicis-lycopersici/Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. radicis-lycopersician anamorphic fungus (FORL)Fusarium anamorph Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Solanum melongena/Solanum melongenaaubergine, eggplantbrown lesionedstem (lower) Fusarium anamorph infects and damages brown lesioned stem (lower)
stem stem is mined by larva Foreign Tuta absoluta Tomato Leaf Miner, South American Tomato Moth Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae Pest Risk Analysis for Tuta absoluta, Tomato Leaf Miner Moth or South American Tomato Moth, Potting, R., 2009
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Gelechiidae/Tuta absoluta/Tuta absolutatomato leaf miner, South American tomato mothlarva Foodplant / minerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Solanum melongena/Solanum melongenaaubergine, eggplantstem larva mines stem
stem (live, cankered) live, cankered stem is galled by subepidermal then erumpent, brown or brownish black pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph Didymella lycopersici Tomato Stem and Fruit Rot - causative organism, Tomato Haulm Rot Pleosporales: Didymellaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Didymellaceae/Didymella lycopersici/Didymella lycopersicitomato stem and fruit rot - causative organism, tomato haulm rotsubepidermal then erumpent, brown or brownish blackpycnidiumAscochyta coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Solanum melongena/Solanum melongenaaubergine, eggplantlive, cankeredstem (5-7)subepidermal then erumpent, brown or brownish black pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph causes gall of live, cankered stem

Author & YearTitleSource
Brayford, D., 1996Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. radicis-lycopersici Jarvis & ShoemakerI.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 1270.
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden PlantsCollins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Hall, G., 1980Peronospora hyoscyami f.sp. tabacinaI.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 975.
Ing, B., 1990An Introduction to British Powdery MildewsMycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.
Moore, W.C., 1959British Parasitic Fungi430pp, Cambridge University Press
Potting, R., 2009Pest Risk Analysis for Tuta absoluta, Tomato Leaf Miner Moth or South American Tomato MothPRAs for consultation on pest risk management PRAs for consultation on pest risk management.
Sutton, B.C. & Waterston, J.M., 1964Septoria lycopersici Speg.I.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 89.

Solanum melongena (Aubergine, Eggplant) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSolanum melongena (Aubergine, Eggplant)
GenusSolanum (a genus of nightshades)
FamilySOLANACEAE (nightshades)
OrderSOLANALES (bindweeds and nightshades)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Solanum melongena (Aubergine, Eggplant)

Solanum melongena (Aubergine, Eggplant) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Solanum melongena (Aubergine, Eggplant):

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