Common Names of Plant Diseases

Diseases of Pineapple
(Ananas comosus (L.) Merr.)

K. G. Rohrbach and W. J. Apt, primary collators (last update 5/12/93)

BACTERIAL DISEASE

Bacterial heart rot

Erwinia chrysanthemi Burkholder et al.

FUNGAL DISEASES

Anthracnose

Colletotrichum ananas Garud

Butt rot

Chalara paradoxa (De Seyn.) Sacc.

= Thielaviopisis paradoxa (De Seyn.) Hohn.

(teleomorph: Ceratocystis paradoxa (Dade) C. Moreau)

Leaf spot

Curvularia eragrostidis (Henn.) J.A. Meyer

(teleomorph: Cochliobolus eragrostidis (Tsuda & Ueyama)
    Sivanesan)

Phytophthora heart rot

Phytophthora cinnamomi Rands

P. nicotianae Breda de Haan var. parasitica (Dastur) G.M.
    Waterhouse

= P. parasitica Dastur

Root rot

Pythium spp.

P. arrhenomanes Drechs.

Seedling blight

Pythium spp.

White leaf spot

Chalara paradoxa (De Seyn.) Sacc.

= Thielaviopsis paradoxa (De Seyn.) Hohn.

(teleomorph: Ceratocystis paradoxa (Dade) C. Moreau)

NEMATODES, PARASITIC

Lesion

Pratylenchus brachyurus (Godfrey) Filipjev &
    Schuurmans-Stekhoven

Paratylenchus elachistus Steiner

= P. minutus Lindford

Reniform

Rotylenchulus reniformis Linford & Oliveira

Root-knot

Meloidogyne javanica (Treub) Chitwood

Spiral

Helicotylenchus spp.

VIRUS AND VIRUSLIKE DISEASES

Mealybug wilt

Unconfirmed virus/toxin

Terminal mottle

Unconfirmed virus/toxin

Yellow spot

Tomato spotted wilt virus

FRUIT DISEASES (BACTERIAL)

Acetic souring

Acetic acid bacteria

Bacterial fruitlet brown rot

Erwinia ananas pv. ananas Serrano

Fruit collapse

Erwinia chrysanthemi Burkholder et al.

Marbled fruit

Acetobacter spp.

A. peroxydans Visser't Hooft

Erwinia herbicola var. ananas (Serrano) Dye

Pink fruit

Acetobacter aceti (Pasteur) DeLey & Frateur

Erwinia herbicola (Lohnis) Dye

Gluconobacter oxydans (Henneberg) DeLey

Soft rot

Erwinia carotovora subsp. carotovora (Jones) Bergey et al.

FRUIT DISEASES (FUNGAL)

Aspergillus rot

Aspergillus flavus Link:Fr.

Botryodiplodia rot

Lasiodiplodia theobromae (Pat.) Griffon & Maubl.

= Botryodiplodia theobromae Pat.

Black rot (water blister)

Chalara paradoxa (De Seyn.) Sacc.

= Thielaviopsis paradoxa (De Seyn.) Hohn.

(teleomorph: Ceratocystis paradoxa (Dade) C. Moreau)

Fusariosis (gummosis)

Fusarium subglutinans (Wollenweb. & Reinking) P.E.
    Nelson et al.

= F. moniliforme J. Sheld. var. subglutinans Wollenweb. &
    Reinking

Glassy spoilage

Yeast species

Hendersonula fruit rot

Hendersonula toruloidea Nattras

Interfruitlet corking

Penicillium funiculosum Thom

Leathery pocket

P. funiculosum Thom

Nigrospora fruit rot

Nigrospora sphaerica (Sacc.) E. Mason

Phytophthora

Phytophthora nicotianae Breda de Haanvar. parasitica (Dastur) G.M. Waterhouse

Rhizopus rot

Rhizopus oryzae Went & Prinsen Geerligs

R. stolonifer (Ehrenb.:Fr.) Vuill.

Yeasty fermentation

Yeast species

FRUIT DISEASES OR DISORDERS (MISCELLANEOUS)

Internal browning

Physiological (chill injury)

Radial brown stripe

Physiological

Triad rot

Unknown

Y-center rot

Unknown

Woody fruit

Genetic