Diseases of Mustard
(Brassica juncea (L.) Czernj. & J.M. Coulter var. crispifolia
L.H. Bailey and B. nigra (L.) W. Koch)

P. H. Williams and L. R. Saha, primary collators (last update3/24/93)

BACTERIAL DISEASES

Bacterial black rot

Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris (Pammel) Dowson

Bacterial soft rot

Erwinia carotovora (Jones) Bergey et al.

Pseudomonas marginalis pv. marginalis (Brown) Stevens

Xanthomonas leaf spot

Xanthomonas campestris pv. armoraciae (McCulloch) Dye

FUNGAL DISEASES

Alternaria black spot

Alternaria brassicae (Berk.) Sacc.

A. brassicicola (Schwein.) Wiltshire

A. raphani Groves & Skolko

Anthracnose

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

(teleomorph: Glomerella cingulata (Stoneman) Spauld. &
    H. Schrenk)

C. higginsianum Sacc. in Higgins

Black leg (leaf, root and stem rot)

Leptosphaeria maculans (Desmaz.) Ces. & De Not.

(anamorph: Phoma lingam (Tode Fr.) Desmaz.)

Black root

Aphanomyces raphani Kendrick

Cercospora leaf spot

Cercospora brassicicola Henn.

Clubroot

Plasmodiophora brassicae Woronin

Damping-off

Fusarium spp.

Rhizoctonia solani Kühn

(teleomorph: Thanatephorus cucumeris (A. B. Frank) Donk)

Downy mildew

Peronospora parasitica (Pers.: Fr.) Fr.

Head rot

Rhizoctonia solani Kühn

Leaf spot

Myrothecium roridum Tode:Fr.

Phyllosticta brassicae Currey & Westend.

= P. brassicina Sacc.

Powdery mildew

Erysiphe polygoni DC.

Sclerotinia stem rot

Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) deBary

Southern blight

Sclerotium rolfsii Sacc.

(teleomorph: Athelia rolfsii (Curzi) Tu & Kimbrough)

White rust

Albugo candida (Pers.) Kunze (Peronospora sp. commonly present in staghead phase)

White leaf spot

Pseudocercosporella capsellae (Ellis & Everh.) Deighton

Wirestem

Rhizoctonia solani Kühn

Yellows

Fusarium oxysporum Schlechtend.:Fr.

MISCELLANEOUS DISEASE OR DISORDER

Autogenic necrosis

Genetic disorder

NEMATODES, PARASITIC

Root-knot

Meloidogyne spp.

VIRUS DISEASES

Mosaic

Cauliflower mosaic virus

Rai mosaic virus

Turnip mosaic virus