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• FUNGI AND FUNGUS-LIKE ORGANISMS

  (see also some of the Feature articles on fungal diseases)

• Ascomycetes/Imperfect Fungi
  • Apple scab
  • Anthracnose of turfgrass
  • Black knot
  • Black Sigatoka of bananas and plantains
  • Sigatoka Negra bananeros y plátaneros (Español)
  • Sigatoka negra da bananeira e platanos (Portuguese)
  • Blackleg of oilseed rape including canola
  • Brown rot of stone fruits
  • Dollar spot of turfgrass
  • Dutch elm disease
  • Early blight of potato and tomato
  • Pinta-preta (Alternariose) da batata e tomate (Portuguese)
  • Ergot of rye
  • Cornezuelo del centeno (Español)
  • Fusarium head blight
  • Giberela ou Fusariose (Portuguese)
  • Fusarium wilt of watermelon and other cucurbits
  • Leucostoma canker of stone fruits
  • Monosporascus root rot and vine decline of melons
  • Rice Blast
  • Sudden death syndrome of soybean (SDS)
  • Take-all root rot of small grains and turfgrass
  • Verticillium wilt
  • White Mold (Sclerotinia)
• Basidiomycetes
  • Armillaria root disease
  • Brown root rot
  • Coffee rust
  • Common smut of corn
  • Rhizoctonia diseases of turfgrass
  • Southern blight
  • Soybean Rust
  • Ferrugem asiática da soja, Ferrugem da soja. (Portuguese)
  • Stem rust of wheat and barley
  • Stinking smut (common bunt) of wheat
  • White pine blister rust
• Oomycetes
  • Aphanomyces root rot or common root rot of legumes
  • Black Shank of Tobacco
  • Downy mildew of grape
  • Late blight of potato and tomato
  • Requeima (míldio, pt) da batateira e tomateiro (Portuguese)
  • 马铃薯和番茄晚疫病 (Chinese)
  • Phytophthora blight of cucurbits
  • Phytophthora root and stem rot of soybean
  • Pythium blight of turfgrass
  • Sudden oak death, ramorum leaf blight, ramorum shoot blight
  • Taro leaf blight
• NEMATODES
  • • Burrowing nematode
    • Lesion nematode
    • Pine wilt disease
    • Root-knot nematode
    • Soybean cyst nematode
    • Sting nematode
• PROKARYOTES

  (see also some of the Feature articles on prokaryote diseases)

• • Bacterial fruit blotch of cucurbits
  • Bacterial leaf scorch
  • Bacterial spot of pepper and tomato
  • Blackleg of potato
  • Citrus canker
  • Crown gall
  • Lethal Yellowing of Palms
  • Fire blight of apple and pear
  • Stewart's wilt of corn
• VIRUSES

  (see also some of the Feature articles on virus and viroid diseases)

• • Barley yellow dwarf
  • Soil-borne wheat mosaic virus
  • Tobacco mosaic
  • Tomato spotted wilt
• MISCELLANEOUS
  • • Dwarf Mistletoe