Diseases of Cyclamen
(Cyclamen persicum Mill.)

R. Wick and B. Dicklow, primary collators (last update 5/25/00)

BACTERIAL DISEASES

Bacterial soft rot

Erwinia chrysanthemi Burkholder et al. 1953

Southern wilt

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

= Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith 1896) Smith 1914

FUNGAL DISEASES

Anthracnose

Colletotrichum gloeosporioides (Penz.) Penz. & Sacc. in Penz.

     Glomerella cingulata (Stoneman) Spauld. &

         H. Schrenk [teleomorph]

Cryptocline cyclaminis (Sibilia) von Arx

     Trochila sp. [teleomorph]

Black root rot

Thielaviopsis basicola (Berk. & Broome) Ferraris

     Chalara elegans Nag Naj & Kendr [synanamorph]

Botrytis blight

Botrytis cinerea Pers.:Fr.

Cylindrocarpon root and crown rot

Cylindrocarpon destructans (Zinssmeister) Scholten

Cylindrocladiella root rot

Cylindrocladiella peruviana (Batista, Bezerra & Herrera) Boesewinkel

Cyclamen stunt

Ramularia cyclaminicola Trel.

Damping-off

Phoma exigua Desmaz.

Fusarium root and crown rot

Fusarium oxysporum Schlechtend.:Fr.

Fusarium wilt

Fusarium oxysporum Schlechtend.:Fr. f. sp. cyclaminis Gerlach

Phyllosticta leaf spot

Phyllosticta cyclaminicola Trel.

P. cyclaminis Brunaud

Powdery mildew

Oidium Link

Rhizoctonia crown rot

Rhizoctonia solani Kühn

NEMATODES, PARASITIC

Foliar nematodes

Aphelenchoides fragariae (Ritzema Bos) Christie

A. ritzemabosi (Schwartz) Steiner & Buhrer

Root-knot nematode

Meloidogyne incognita (Kofoid & White) Chitwood

Stem and bulb nematode

Ditylenchus dipsaci (Kühn) Filipjev

VIRUS AND VIROID DISEASES

Cucumber mosaic

genus Cucumovirus, Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV)

Impatiens necrotic spot

genus Tospovirus, Impatiens necrotic spot virus (INSV)

Potato X

genus Potexvirus, Potato X virus (PVX)

Spotted wilt

genus Tospovirus, Tomato spotted wilt cirus (TSWV)

Tobacco mosaic

genus Tobamovirus, Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV)

Tomato aspermy

genus Cucumovirus, Tomato aspermy virus (TAV)

PHYTOPLASMAL DISEASES

Yellows

Phytoplasma