Diseases of Celery
(Apium graveolens L. var. dulce (Miller) Pers.)

Raymond W. Schneider, primary collator

BACTERIAL DISEASES

Bacterial blight

Pseudomonas cichorii (Swingle) Stapp

Bacterial leaf spot

Pseudomonas syringae pv. apii (Jagger) Young et al.

Bacterial soft rot

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

FUNGAL DISEASES

Alternaria leaf spot

Alternaria sp.

Anthracnose

Colletotrichum sp.

Crater rot and damping-off

Rhizoctonia solani Kühn

    Thanatephorus cucumeris (A. B. Frank) Donk [teleomorph]

Early blight

Cercospora apii Fresen.

Fusarium yellows and wilt

Fusarium oxysporum Schlechtend.:Fr. f. sp. apii (R. R. Nelson & Sherb.) W. C. Snyder & H. N. Hans.

Gray mold blight

Botrytis cinerea Pers.:Fr.

    Botryotinia fuckeliana (de Bary) Whetzel [teleomorph]

Late blight

Septoria apicola Speg.

Phoma crown and root rot

Phoma apiicola Kleb.

Pythium damping-off and root rot

Pythium debaryanum Auct.non R. Hesse

Red root

Fusarium solani (Mart.) Sacc.

    Nectria haematococca Berk. & Broome [teleomorph]

Sclerotinia pink rot

Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) de Bary

Sclerotinia foot rot

Sclerotinia minor Jagger

Stemphylium leaf spot

Alternaria ramulosa (Sacc.) Joly

= Stemphylium ramulosa Sacc.

NEMATODES, PARASITIC

Awl

Dolichodorus spp.

D. heterocephalus Cobb

Cyst

Heterodera spp.

Dagger

Xiphinema spp.

Lesion

Pratylenchus spp.

Pin

Paratylenchus spp.

P. hamatus Thorne & Allen

Root-knot

Meloidogyne spp.

Sting

Belonolaimlus spp.

Stubby-root

Paratrichodorus spp.

VIRAL DISEASES

Calico

genus Alfalmovirus, Alfalfa mosaic virus (AMV) and other viruses

Celery curly top

(Virus not defined)

Celery mosaic

genus Potyvirus, Celery mosaic virus (CeMV)

Celery ring spot

genus Potyvirus, Celery mosaic virus (CeMV)

Southern mosaic

genus Cucumovirus, Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV)

Tomato spotted wilt

genus Tospovirus, Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV)

PHYTOPLASMAL DISEASES

Aster yellows

MISCELLANEOUS DISEASES OR DISORDERS

Blackheart

Calcium deficiency

Cracked stem (pencil stripe)

Boron deficiency