Solanum nigrum L.
(Black Nightshade)

Interactions where Solanum nigrum 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
is foodplant of larva Pria dulcamarae a pollen or sap beetle Coleoptera: Nitidulidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Nitidulidae/Pria dulcamarae/Pria dulcamaraea pollen or sap beetlelarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Solanum nigrum/Solanum nigrumblack nightshade larva feeds on
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 nigrum/Solanum nigrumblack nightshadefruit larva mines 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 nigrum/Solanum nigrumblack nightshadeleaf larva mines leaf
leaf leaf may be infected and damaged by hypophyllous sporangium Peronospora tabacina Tobacco Blue Mould Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae Peronospora hyoscyami f.sp. tabacina, Hall, G., 1980
/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora tabacina/Peronospora tabacinatobacco blue mouldhypophylloussporangium Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Solanum nigrum/Solanum nigrumblack nightshadeleaf hypophyllous sporangium infects and damages leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is galled by Aceria kuko Goji Gall Mite Trombidiformes: Eriophyidae Goji gall mite, Anon., 2009
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Trombidiformes/Eriophyidae/Aceria kuko/Aceria kukogoji gall mite Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Solanum nigrum/Solanum nigrumblack nightshadeliveleaf causes gall of live 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 nigrum/Solanum nigrumblack nightshadeliveleaf pycnidium of Phoma coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf has leaves shot holed by epiphyllous, scattered, clear-brown with concolourour pore pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Ascochyta solanicola a coelomycete Pleosporales British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Ascochyta solanicola/Ascochyta solanicolaa coelomyceteepiphyllous, scattered, clear-brown with concolourour porepycnidiumAscochyta coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / shot hole causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Solanum nigrum/Solanum nigrumblack nightshadeliveleaf epiphyllous, scattered, clear-brown with concolourour pore pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph causes shot holes on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by epiphyllous, scattered, clear-brown with concolourour pore pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Ascochyta solanicola a coelomycete Pleosporales British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Ascochyta solanicola/Ascochyta solanicolaa coelomyceteepiphyllous, scattered, clear-brown with concolourour porepycnidiumAscochyta coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Solanum nigrum/Solanum nigrumblack nightshadeliveleaf epiphyllous, scattered, clear-brown with concolourour pore pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph Alternaria solani Potato and Tomato Early Blight - causative organism, Early Potato Blight Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Alternaria solani/Alternaria solanipotato and tomato early blight (causative organism), early potato blightAlternaria dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / spot causer /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Solanum nigrum/Solanum nigrumblack nightshadeliveleaf Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
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 nigrum/Solanum nigrumblack nightshadestem larva mines stem

Author & YearTitleSource
Anon., 2009Goji gall mitePlant Clinic News Jan 09: 1.
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Grove, W.B., 1935British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidiaVol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press
Hall, G., 1980Peronospora hyoscyami f.sp. tabacinaI.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 975.
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 nigrum (Black Nightshade) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSolanum nigrum (Black Nightshade)
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 nigrum (Black Nightshade)

Solanum nigrum (Black Nightshade) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Solanum nigrum (Black Nightshade):

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