Colocasia esculenta
Taro
- Category
- plantae
- Primary role
- crop
- Order
- Alismatales
- Family
- Araceae
- Genus
- Colocasia
Plantae | Tracheophyta | Liliopsida | Alismatales | Araceae | Colocasia
External: GBIF #5330776
15 AI-consensus-verified claims across 3 interaction categories.
Related entities
Top entities sharing the most verified claims with Colocasia esculenta.
herbivory 1 claim
- This entity is the object of herbivory by Tetranychus spp. · effect: harmful
“On taro...yellowing and early maturity of plants occurs and corm size is reduced”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedTsatsia H., Jackson G. · Pests and Diseases of Agricultural Crops in the Solomon Islands - Extension Fact Sheets #6496231
pathogen pressure 13 claims
- This entity is the object of pathogen pressure by Colocasia bobone disease virus · effect: harmful
“TARO Alomae and Bobone”
pathogenOf ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedTerraCircle Inc. with Improved Plant Protection in Solomon Islands (IPPSI) (2014) · Pacific Pests and Pathogens — Solomon Islands Farmer Fact Sheets (1-24) · p. 1 #6496352 - This entity is the object of pathogen pressure by Taro vein chlorosis virus · effect: harmful
“TARO Alomae and Bobone”
pathogenOf ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedTerraCircle Inc. with Improved Plant Protection in Solomon Islands (IPPSI) (2014) · Pacific Pests and Pathogens — Solomon Islands Farmer Fact Sheets (1-24) · p. 1 #6496353 - This entity is the object of pathogen pressure by Phytophthora colocasiae · effect: harmful
“Phytophthora colocasiae — Colocasia esculenta”
pathogenOf ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedUniversity of Guam, College of Natural and Applied Sciences (2022) · Index of Plant Diseases in Guam · p. 24 #6735448 - This entity is the object of pathogen pressure by Dasheen mosaic virus · effect: harmful
“Dasheen mosaic virus (DsMV) — Colocasia esculenta”
pathogenOf ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedUniversity of Guam, College of Natural and Applied Sciences (2022) · Index of Plant Diseases in Guam · p. 12 #6735488 - This entity is the object of pathogen pressure by Corynespora cassiicola (gurkbrand) · effect: harmful
“Taro Corynespora cassiicola Target spot”
pathogenOf ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedUniversity of Guam, College of Natural and Applied Sciences (2022) · Index of Plant Diseases in Guam · p. 55 #6735650 - This entity is the object of pathogen pressure by Curvularia sp. · effect: harmful
“Curvularia sp. Leaf spot”
pathogenOf ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedUniversity of Guam, College of Natural and Applied Sciences (2022) · Index of Plant Diseases in Guam · p. 55 #6735651 - This entity is the object of pathogen pressure by Gloeosporium sp. · effect: harmful
“Gloeosporium sp. Leaf spot”
pathogenOf ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedUniversity of Guam, College of Natural and Applied Sciences (2022) · Index of Plant Diseases in Guam · p. 55 #6735652 - This entity is the object of pathogen pressure by Macrophoma sp. · effect: harmful
“Macrophoma sp. Stem rot”
pathogenOf ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedUniversity of Guam, College of Natural and Applied Sciences (2022) · Index of Plant Diseases in Guam · p. 55 #6735653 - This entity is the object of pathogen pressure by Phyllosticta sp. · effect: harmful
“Phyllosticta sp. Leaf spot”
pathogenOf ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedUniversity of Guam, College of Natural and Applied Sciences (2022) · Index of Plant Diseases in Guam · p. 55 #6735654 - This entity is the object of pathogen pressure by Phytophthora colocasiae · effect: harmful
“Phytophthora colocasiae Leaf blight”
pathogenOf ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedUniversity of Guam, College of Natural and Applied Sciences (2022) · Index of Plant Diseases in Guam · p. 55 #6735655 - This entity is the object of pathogen pressure by Ralstonia solanacearum (mörk ringröta) · effect: harmful
“Ralstonia solanacearum Bacterial wilt”
pathogenOf ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedUniversity of Guam, College of Natural and Applied Sciences (2022) · Index of Plant Diseases in Guam · p. 55 #6735656 - This entity is the object of pathogen pressure by Sclerotium rolfsii · effect: harmful
“Sclerotium rolfsii Fruit rot Southern blight”
pathogenOf ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedUniversity of Guam, College of Natural and Applied Sciences (2022) · Index of Plant Diseases in Guam · p. 55 #6735657 - This entity is the object of pathogen pressure by Sclerotium rolfsii · effect: harmful
“Taro, Red Sclerotium rolfsii Fruit rot Southern blight”
pathogenOf ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedUniversity of Guam, College of Natural and Applied Sciences (2022) · Index of Plant Diseases in Guam · p. 55 #6735658
pest pressure 1 claim
- This entity is the object of pest pressure by Aleurodicus dispersus (Whitefly) · effect: harmful
“This whitefly has a very wide host range, such as...taro”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedTsatsia H., Jackson G. · Pests and Diseases of Agricultural Crops in the Solomon Islands - Extension Fact Sheets #6496240
Aggregated via GloBI — not independently verified by AgroEco.
facilitation 1
- GloBI interactsWith Colocasia esculenta https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/28190282
herbivory 3
- GloBI eats Colocasia esculenta https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/227815785
- GloBI eats Colocasia esculenta https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/225129047
- GloBI eats Colocasia esculenta https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/52144892
mycorrhizal 4
- GloBI hasArbuscularMycorrhizalHost Colocasia esculenta Wang, C., Zheng, M.M., Song, W.F., Chen, R.F., Zhao, X.Q., Wen, S.L., Zheng, Z.S. and Shen, R.F., 2021. Biogeographic patterns and co-occurrence networks of diazotrophic and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities in the acidic soil ecosystem of southern China.
- GloBI hasArbuscularMycorrhizalHost Colocasia esculenta Wang, C., Zheng, M.M., Song, W.F., Chen, R.F., Zhao, X.Q., Wen, S.L., Zheng, Z.S. and Shen, R.F., 2021. Biogeographic patterns and co-occurrence networks of diazotrophic and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities in the acidic soil ecosystem of southern China.
- GloBI hasHost Colocasia esculenta S. Pehim Limbu, S.L. Stürmer, G. Zahn, C.A. Aguilar-Trigueros, N. Rogers, & V.B. Chaudhary, Climate-linked biogeography of mycorrhizal fungal spore traits, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 122 (29) e2505059122, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2505059122 (2025). Accessed at <https://github.com/globalbioticinteractions/limbu2025/archive/461a5f43a0ceadec056ca19816e9209ea8b317b1.zip> on 23 May 2026. DOI
- GloBI hasHost Colocasia esculenta S. Pehim Limbu, S.L. Stürmer, G. Zahn, C.A. Aguilar-Trigueros, N. Rogers, & V.B. Chaudhary, Climate-linked biogeography of mycorrhizal fungal spore traits, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 122 (29) e2505059122, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2505059122 (2025). Accessed at <https://github.com/globalbioticinteractions/limbu2025/archive/461a5f43a0ceadec056ca19816e9209ea8b317b1.zip> on 23 May 2026. DOI
pathogen pressure 8
- GloBI hasHost Colocasia esculenta https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=11646735
- GloBI hasHost Colocasia esculenta https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=1329998
- GloBI hasHost Colocasia esculenta https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=1361101
- GloBI pathogenOf Colocasia esculenta https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6112323
- GloBI pathogenOf Colocasia esculenta Priority Pest List 2016 as approved by the National Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey (CAPS) of the United States.
- GloBI pathogenOf Colocasia esculenta Siang, W. N. Host Index to Non-fungous Diseases of Plants in China. Beltsville, Md.: Plant Disease Survey, Division of Mycology and Disease Survey, Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Research Administration, United States Department of Agriculture, 1952. DOI
- GloBI hasHost Colocasia esculenta https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=1310272
- GloBI hasHost Colocasia esculenta https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=1750451
pest pressure 6
- GloBI hasHost Colocasia esculenta https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/187097983
- GloBI hasHost Colocasia esculenta https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/29782349
- GloBI hasHost Colocasia esculenta https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/236460147
- GloBI hasHost Colocasia esculenta Gaden S. Robinson; Phillip R. Ackery; Ian Kitching; George W Beccaloni; Luis M. Hernández (2023). HOSTS (from HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants) [Data set resource]. Natural History Museum. https://data.nhm.ac.uk/dataset/hosts/resource/877f387a-36a3-486c-a0c1-b8d5fb69f85a via Natural History Museum (2023). Data Portal query on 1 resources created at 2023-05-24 11:19:42.032183 PID https://doi.org/10.5519/qd.bsucrxdz. Accessed at <https://github.com/globalbioticinteractions/HOSTS/archive/808e0b869f9ec1adf8efff87cf6a395adda103e0.zip> on 23 May 2026. DOI
- GloBI hasHost Colocasia esculenta https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/319669470
- GloBI hasHost Colocasia esculenta https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/293731232
pollination 17
- GloBI interactsWith Colocasia esculenta PBI: Phytophagous Insects as a Model Group for Documenting Planetary Biodiversity (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae: Orthotylinae, Phylinae). Version: 2016-03-08. National Science Foundation grant DBI#0316495
- GloBI interactsWith Colocasia esculenta Tri-Trophic Thematic Collection Network, 2014 (and updates). Version: 2016-03-08. http://tcn.amnh.org/. National Science Foundation grant(s) EF#1115081, EF#1115103, EF#1115080, EF#1115144, EF#1115191, EF#1115104, EF#1115115
- GloBI interactsWith Colocasia esculenta urn:catalog:CAS:ENT:8475352
- GloBI visitsFlowersOf Colocasia esculenta https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/136772834
- GloBI visits Colocasia esculenta https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/286278288
- GloBI interactsWith Colocasia esculenta https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/29782349
- GloBI interactsWith Colocasia esculenta Tri-Trophic Thematic Collection Network, 2014 (and updates). Version: 2016-03-08. http://tcn.amnh.org/. National Science Foundation grant(s) EF#1115081, EF#1115103, EF#1115080, EF#1115144, EF#1115191, EF#1115104, EF#1115115
- GloBI interactsWith Colocasia esculenta https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/225129047
- GloBI visitsFlowersOf Colocasia esculenta https://www.bumblebeewatch.org/metadata/
- GloBI visitsFlowersOf Colocasia esculenta R.F. Comont et al., 2019. Bumblebee Conservation Trust: BeeWalk Annual Report 2020. Bumblebee Conservation Trust, doi:10.15468/xde3qb DOI
- GloBI interactsWith Colocasia esculenta https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/319669470
- GloBI interactsWith Colocasia esculenta https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/293731232
- GloBI interactsWith Colocasia esculenta https://scan-bugs.org:443/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=13106175
- GloBI interactsWith Colocasia esculenta https://scan-bugs.org:443/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=13106012
- GloBI interactsWith Colocasia esculenta https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/236460147
- GloBI interactsWith Colocasia esculenta https://mbd-db.osu.edu/hol/collecting_units/0eae5d0b-819e-3aaa-e053-0100007f2cc9
- GloBI interactsWith Colocasia esculenta https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/75277240
crop interaction 39
- GloBI hasHost Colocasia esculenta https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=11646735
- GloBI hasHost Colocasia esculenta https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=1329998
- GloBI interactsWith Colocasia esculenta PBI: Phytophagous Insects as a Model Group for Documenting Planetary Biodiversity (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae: Orthotylinae, Phylinae). Version: 2016-03-08. National Science Foundation grant DBI#0316495
- GloBI hasHost Colocasia esculenta https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=1361101
- GloBI hasHost Colocasia esculenta https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/187097983
- GloBI pathogenOf Colocasia esculenta https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6112323
- GloBI interactsWith Colocasia esculenta Tri-Trophic Thematic Collection Network, 2014 (and updates). Version: 2016-03-08. http://tcn.amnh.org/. National Science Foundation grant(s) EF#1115081, EF#1115103, EF#1115080, EF#1115144, EF#1115191, EF#1115104, EF#1115115
- GloBI interactsWith Colocasia esculenta urn:catalog:CAS:ENT:8475352
- GloBI hasArbuscularMycorrhizalHost Colocasia esculenta Wang, C., Zheng, M.M., Song, W.F., Chen, R.F., Zhao, X.Q., Wen, S.L., Zheng, Z.S. and Shen, R.F., 2021. Biogeographic patterns and co-occurrence networks of diazotrophic and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities in the acidic soil ecosystem of southern China.
- GloBI hasArbuscularMycorrhizalHost Colocasia esculenta Wang, C., Zheng, M.M., Song, W.F., Chen, R.F., Zhao, X.Q., Wen, S.L., Zheng, Z.S. and Shen, R.F., 2021. Biogeographic patterns and co-occurrence networks of diazotrophic and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities in the acidic soil ecosystem of southern China.
- GloBI eats Colocasia esculenta https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/227815785
- GloBI visitsFlowersOf Colocasia esculenta https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/136772834
- GloBI hasHost Colocasia esculenta https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/29782349
- GloBI visits Colocasia esculenta https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/286278288
- GloBI hasHost Colocasia esculenta https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/236460147
- GloBI interactsWith Colocasia esculenta https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/28190282
- GloBI hasHost Colocasia esculenta Gaden S. Robinson; Phillip R. Ackery; Ian Kitching; George W Beccaloni; Luis M. Hernández (2023). HOSTS (from HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants) [Data set resource]. Natural History Museum. https://data.nhm.ac.uk/dataset/hosts/resource/877f387a-36a3-486c-a0c1-b8d5fb69f85a via Natural History Museum (2023). Data Portal query on 1 resources created at 2023-05-24 11:19:42.032183 PID https://doi.org/10.5519/qd.bsucrxdz. Accessed at <https://github.com/globalbioticinteractions/HOSTS/archive/808e0b869f9ec1adf8efff87cf6a395adda103e0.zip> on 23 May 2026. DOI
- GloBI eats Colocasia esculenta https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/225129047
- GloBI eats Colocasia esculenta https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/52144892
- GloBI interactsWith Colocasia esculenta https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/29782349
- GloBI hasHost Colocasia esculenta https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/319669470
- GloBI hasHost Colocasia esculenta https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/293731232
- GloBI interactsWith Colocasia esculenta Tri-Trophic Thematic Collection Network, 2014 (and updates). Version: 2016-03-08. http://tcn.amnh.org/. National Science Foundation grant(s) EF#1115081, EF#1115103, EF#1115080, EF#1115144, EF#1115191, EF#1115104, EF#1115115
- GloBI pathogenOf Colocasia esculenta Priority Pest List 2016 as approved by the National Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey (CAPS) of the United States.
- GloBI interactsWith Colocasia esculenta https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/225129047
- GloBI visitsFlowersOf Colocasia esculenta https://www.bumblebeewatch.org/metadata/
- GloBI visitsFlowersOf Colocasia esculenta R.F. Comont et al., 2019. Bumblebee Conservation Trust: BeeWalk Annual Report 2020. Bumblebee Conservation Trust, doi:10.15468/xde3qb DOI
- GloBI hasHost Colocasia esculenta S. Pehim Limbu, S.L. Stürmer, G. Zahn, C.A. Aguilar-Trigueros, N. Rogers, & V.B. Chaudhary, Climate-linked biogeography of mycorrhizal fungal spore traits, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 122 (29) e2505059122, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2505059122 (2025). Accessed at <https://github.com/globalbioticinteractions/limbu2025/archive/461a5f43a0ceadec056ca19816e9209ea8b317b1.zip> on 23 May 2026. DOI
- GloBI interactsWith Colocasia esculenta https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/319669470
- GloBI interactsWith Colocasia esculenta https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/293731232
- GloBI interactsWith Colocasia esculenta https://scan-bugs.org:443/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=13106175
- GloBI interactsWith Colocasia esculenta https://scan-bugs.org:443/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=13106012
- GloBI pathogenOf Colocasia esculenta Siang, W. N. Host Index to Non-fungous Diseases of Plants in China. Beltsville, Md.: Plant Disease Survey, Division of Mycology and Disease Survey, Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Research Administration, United States Department of Agriculture, 1952. DOI
- GloBI interactsWith Colocasia esculenta https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/236460147
- GloBI hasHost Colocasia esculenta https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=1310272
- GloBI hasHost Colocasia esculenta https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=1750451
- GloBI interactsWith Colocasia esculenta https://mbd-db.osu.edu/hol/collecting_units/0eae5d0b-819e-3aaa-e053-0100007f2cc9
- GloBI hasHost Colocasia esculenta S. Pehim Limbu, S.L. Stürmer, G. Zahn, C.A. Aguilar-Trigueros, N. Rogers, & V.B. Chaudhary, Climate-linked biogeography of mycorrhizal fungal spore traits, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 122 (29) e2505059122, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2505059122 (2025). Accessed at <https://github.com/globalbioticinteractions/limbu2025/archive/461a5f43a0ceadec056ca19816e9209ea8b317b1.zip> on 23 May 2026. DOI
- GloBI interactsWith Colocasia esculenta https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/75277240