Diseases of Tea
(Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze)

B. Chandra Mouli, primary collator (last updated 6/25/96)

Anthracnose

Colletotrichum theae-sinensis (Miyake) Yamamoto

(= Gloeosporium theae-sinensis Miyake)

Armillaria root rot

Armillaria mellea (Vahl:Fr.) Kummer

(= Armillariella mellea (Vahl:Fr.) P. Karst.)

Armillaria heimii Pegler

(= Armillaria fuscipes Petch)

Bacterial canker

Xanthomonas campestris pv. theicola Uehara, Arai, Nonaka
   & Sano

Xanthomonas gorlencovianum Daneliya & Tsilosani

Bacterial shoot blight

Pseudomonas syringae pv. theae (Hori) Young, Dye & Wilkie

Bird's eye spot

Cercoseptoria ocellata Deighton

(= Cercospora theae (Cavara) Breda de Haan)

Pseudocercospora theae (Cavara) Deighton

(= Septoria theae Cavara

= Cercoseptoria theae (Cavara) Curzi)

Black blight

Cylindrocladium lanceolatum Peerally

Black root rot

Rosellinia arcuata Petch

Rosellinia bunodes (Berk. & Broome) Sacc.

Black rot

Ceratobasidium sp.

Corticium invisum Petch

Corticium theae Bernard

Blister blight

Exobasidium vexans Massee

Botryodiplodia root rot

Lasiodiplodia theobromae (Pat.) Griffon & Maubl.

(= Botryodiplodia theobromae Pat.)

Brown blight

Glomerella cingulata (Stoneman) Spauld. & H. Schrenk

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

= Colletotrichum camelliae Massee)

Brown root rot

Phellinus noxius (Corner) G.H. Cunningham

(= Fomes noxius Corner)

Brown spot

Calonectria colhounii Peerally

(anamorph: Cylindrocladium colhounii Peerally)

Brown zonate leaf blight

Ceuthospora lauri (Grev.) Grev.

Bud blight

Phoma theicola Petch

Charcoal stump rot

Ustulina deusta (Hoffm.:Fr.) Lind

(anamorph: Ustulina zonata (Lév.) Sacc.)

Collar and branch canker

Phomopsis theae Petch

Collar rot

Rhizoctonia solani Kühn

(teleomorph: Thanatephorus cucumeris (Frank) Donk)

Copper blight

Guignardia camelliae (Cooke) E.J. Butler

Crown gall

Agrobacterium tumefaciens (Smith & Townsend) Conn

Damping-off

Cylindrocladium floridanum Sobers & Seymour

(teleomorph: Calonectria kyotensis Terashita)

Hypochnus centrifugus (Lév.) Tul.

Dieback

Leptothyrium theae Petch

Nectria cinnabarina (Tode:Fr.) Fr.

Gray blight

Pestalotiopsis theae (Sawada) Steyaert

(= Pestalotia theae Sawada)

Pestalotiopsis longiseta (Spegazzini) Dai et Kobayashi

(= Pestalotia longiseta Spegazzini)

Gray mold

Botrytis cinerea Pers.:Fr.

Gray spot

Phyllosticta dusana Hara

Horse-hair blight

Marasmius crinisequi Müller ex Kalchbrenner

(= Marasmius equicrinus Müller)

Leaf spot

Calonectria pyrochroa (Desmaz.) Sacc.

(= Calonectria quinqueseptata Figueiredo & Namekata)

(anamorph: Cylindrocladium ilicicola (Hawley) Boedijn &
   Reitsma)

Calonectria theae C.A. Loos

(anamorph: Cylindrocladium theae (Petch) Subramanian)

Cochliobolus carbonum Nelson

Hendersonia theicola Cooke

Pestalotiopsis adusta Ellis & Everh.

Phaeosphaerella theae Petch

Pleospora theae Speschnew

Leaf scab

Elsinoe theae Bitancourt & Jenkins

Macrophoma stem canker

Macrophoma theicola Petch

Nematodes (parasitic):

Burrowing nematode

Radopholus similis (Cobb) Thorne

Dagger nematode

Xiphinema insigne Loos

Lance nematode

Hoplolaimus columbus Sher

Mature tea nematode

Meloidogyne brevicauda Loos

Pin nematode

Paratylenchus curvitatus Van der Linde

Reniform nematode

Rotylenchulus reniformis Linford & Oliveira

Root-knot nematode

Meloidogyne arenaria (Neal) Chitwood

Meloidogyne hapla Chitwood

Meloidogyne incognita (Kofoid & White) Chitwood

Meloidogyne javanica (Treub) Chitwood

Meloidogyne thamesi Chitwood

Root lesion nematode

Pratylenchus brachyurus (Godfrey) Goodey

Pratylenchus loosi Loof

Sheath nematode

Hemicriconemoides kanayaensis Nakasono & Ichinone

Spiral nematode

Helicotylenchus dihystera (Cobb) Sher

Helicotylenchus erythrinae (Zimmerman) Golden

Stunt nematode

Tylenchorhynchus sp.

Net blister blight

Exobasidium reticulatum Ito & Sawada

Pale brown root rot

Pseudophaeolus baudonii (Pat.) Ryv.

Phloem necrosis

Phloem necrosis virus (Camellia Virus 1)

Phyllosticta leaf spot

Phyllosticta erratica Ellis & Everh.

Phyllosticta theae Speschnew

Pink disease

Corticium salmonicolor Berk. & Broome

Poria root rot and stem canker

Poria hypobrunnea Petch

Purple root rot

Helicobasidium compactum (Boedijn) Boedijn

Red leaf spot

Phoma theicola Petch

Red root rot

Ganoderma philippii (Bresad. & P. Henn.) Bresad.

Poria hypolateritia (Berk.) Cooke

Red rust (alga)

Cephaleuros virescens Kunze

(= Cephaleuros parasiticus Karsten)

Rim blight

Cladosporium sp.

Root rot

Cylindrocarpon tenue Bugnicourt

Cylindrocladiella camelliae (Venkataramani & Venkata
   Ram) Boesewinkel

(= Cylindrocladium camelliae Venkataramani & Venkata
   Ram)

Cylindrocladium clavatum C. S. Hodges & L.C. May

Fomes lamaoensis (Murr.) Sacc. & Trott.

Ganoderma applanatum (Pers.) Pat.

Ganoderma lucidum (Curtis:Fr.) P. Karst.

Rough bark

Patellaria theae Hara

Sclerotial blight

Sclerotium rolfsii Sacc.

(teleomorph: Athelia rolfsii (Curzi) Tu & Kimbrough

(= Corticium rolfsii Curzi)

Shoot withering

Diplodia theae-sinensis Lui & Li

Sooty mold

Capnodium footii Berk. & Desmaz.

Capnodium theae Boedijn

Meliola camelliae (Cattaneo) Sacc.

Stump rot

Irpex destruens Petch

Tarry root rot

Hypoxylon asarcodes (Theiss.) Mill.

Thorny stem blight

Tunstallia aculeata (Petch) Agnihothrudu

Thread blight

Marasmius tenuissimus (Junghuhn) Singer

Twig blight

Patellaria theae Hara

Velvet blight

Septobasidium bogoriense Pat.

Septobasidium pilosum Boedijn & B.A. Steinman

Septobasidium theae Boedijn & B.A. Steinman

Violet root rot

Sphaerostilbe repens Berk. & Broome

White root rot

Rigidoporus microporus (Sw.:Fr.)

Overeem

(= Rigidoporus lignosus (Klotzsch) Imazeki

= Fomes lignosus (Klotzsch) Bres.)

White scab

Elsinoe leucospila Bitancourt & Jenkins

(= Sphaceloma theae Kurosawa)

White spot

Phyllosticta theifolia Hara

Wood rot

Hypoxylon nummularium Bull.:Fr.

Hypoxylon serpens (Pers.:Fr.) J. Kickx

Hypoxylon vestitum Petch

Xylaria root rot

Xylaria sp.