Common Names of Plant Diseases


Diseases of Safflower
(Carthamus tinctorius L.)



BACTERIAL DISEASE

Bacterial leaf spot and stem blight
Pseudomonas syringae van Hall

FUNGAL DISEASES

Alternaria leaf spot
Alternaria carthami Chowdhury
Botrytis hard rot
Botrytis cinerea Pers.:Fr.
(teleomorph: Botryotinia fuckeliana (de Bary) Whetzel)
Cercospora leaf spot
Cercospora spp.
Charcoal rot
Macrophomina phaseolina (Tassi) Goidanich
Damping-off
Pythium spp.
Phytophthora spp.
Fusarium wilt
Fusarium oxysporum Schlechtend.:Fr. f. sp. carthami Klisiewicz & Houston
Phytophthora root and stem rot
Phytophthora spp.
P. cactorum (Lebert & Cohn) J. Schröt.
P. cryptogea Pethybr. & Lafferty
P. drechsleri Tucker
P. nicotianae Breda de Hann var. parasitica (Dastur) G.M.
   Waterhouse = P. parasitica Dastur
Pythium root rot
Pythium spp.
Powdery mildew
Erysiphe cichoracearum DC.
(anamorph: Oidium asteris-punicei Peck)
Ramularia leaf spot
Ramularia spp.
Rhizoctonia blight, stem canker
Rhizoctonia solani Kühn
(teleomorph: Thanatephorus cucumeris (A.B. Frank) Donk)
Rust (foliage and hypocotyl)
Puccinia calcitrapae DC. var. centaureae (DC.) Cummins
= P. carthami Corda
P. verruca Thuem.
Sclerotinia stem rot and head blight
Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) de Bary
Septoria leaf spot
Septoria spp.
Verticillium wilt
Verticillium dahliae Kleb.

NEMATODES, PARASITIC

Root-knot
Meloidogyne spp.

PARASITIC HIGHER PLANTS

Dodder
Cuscuta spp.

PHYSIOLOGICAL DISORDERS

Boron toxicity
Excess boron levels

VIRUS DISEASES

(Also a mycoplasmalike organism [MLO])
Alfalfa mosaic
Alfalfa mosaic virus
Cucumber mosaic
Cucumber mosaic virus
Lettuce mosaic and necrosis
Lettuce mosaic virus
Phyllody
MLO
Turnip mosaic and necrosis
Turnip mosaic virus
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