Common Names of Plant Diseases

Diseases of Cineraria
(Pericallis × hybrida R. Nordenstam
[Senecio × hybridus (Willd.) Regel])

Margery Daughtrey, collator (last update 5/25/00)

BACTERIAL DISEASES

Crown gall

Agrobacterium tumefaciens (Smith and Townsend 1907) Conn 1942

Southern wilt

Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith 1896) Yabuuchi et al. 1996,
     comb. nov.

= Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith 1896) Smith 1914

FUNGAL DISEASES

Alternaria leaf spot

Alternaria cinerariae S. Hori & Enjoji

= A. senecionis Neergaard

Black root rot

Thielaviopsis basicola (Berk. & Broome) Ferraris

     Chalara elegans Nag Raj & Kendr. [synanamorph]

Botrytis blight

Botrytis cinerea Pers.:Fr.

Downy mildew

Plasmopara halstedii (Farl.) Berl. & DeToni in Sacc

Bremia lactucae Regel

Fusarium root and crown rot

Fusarium sp.

Phytophthora root and crown rot

Phytophthora cambivora (Petri) Buisman

P. cinnamomi Rands

P. cryptogea Pethybr. & Lafferty

P. parasitica Dastur

Powdery mildew

Erysiphe cichoracearum DC.

Sphaerotheca fusca (Fr.) Blumer

S. macularis (Wallr.:Fr.) Lind.

Pythium root rot

Pythium ultimum Trow

Rhizoctonia root and crown rot

Rhizoctonia solani Kühn

Rust

Coleosporium tussilaginis (Pers.) Lév. in C. d'Orb

Verticillium wilt

Verticillium albo-atrum Reinke & Berthier

White rust

Albugo tragopogonis (Pers.) S. F. Gray

NEMATODES, PARASITIC

Foliar nematode

Aphelenchoides ritzemabosi (Schwartz) Steiner & Buhrer

Root-knot nematode

Meloidogyne javanica (Treub) Chitwood

VIRAL AND VIROID DISEASES

Impatiens necrotic spot

genus Tospovirus, Impatiens necrotic spot virus (INSV)

Tomato spotted wilt

genus Tospovirus, Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV)

PHYTOPLASMAL DISEASES

Aster yellows

Aster yellows phytoplasma