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Diseases of Lettuce
(Lactuca sativa L.)

Robert N. Campbell, primary collator (last update 3/11/93)


BACTERIAL DISEASES

Bacterial leaf spot and head rot
Xanthomonas campestris pv. vitians (Brown) Dye
Bacterial soft rot
Erwinia carotovora (Jones) Bergey et al.
Pseudomonas marginalis (Brown) Stevens
Corky root
Rhizomonas spp.
R. suberifaciens van Bruggen et al.
Varnish spot
Pseudomonas cichorii (Swingle) Stapp

FUNGAL DISEASES

Alternaria leaf spot
Alternaria sonchi J.J. Davis in J.A. Elliott
Anthracnose
Microdochium panattonianum (Berl.) Sutton et al. in Galea
    et al.
= Marssonina panattoniana (Berl.) Magnus
Bottom rot
Rhizoctonia solani Kühn
(teleomorph: Thanatephorus cucumeris (A.B. Frank) Donk)
Cercospora leaf spot
Cercospora longissima Sacc.
Damping-off, Pythium
Pythium spp.
P. ultimum Trow
Damping-off, Rhizoctonia
Rhizoctonia solani Kühn
Downy mildew
Bremia lactucae Regel
Plasmopara lactucae-radicis Stanghellini & Gilbertson
Drop (Sclerotinia rot)
Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) de Bary
S. minor Jaggar
Gray mold
Botrytis cinerea Pers.:Fr.
(teleomorph: Botryotinia fuckeliana (de Bary) Whetzel)
Phymatotrichum root rot (cotton root rot)
Phymatotrichopsis omnivora (Duggar) Hennebert
= Phymatotrichum omnivorum Duggar
Powdery mildew
Erysiphe cichoracearum DC.
Rust
Puccinia dioicae Magnus
= P. extensicola Plowr. var. hieraciata (Schwein.) Arthur
Septoria leaf spot
Septoria lactucae Pass.
Southern blight
Sclerotium rolfsii Sacc.
(teleomorph: Athelia rolfsii (Curzi) Tu & Kimbrough)
Stemphylium leaf spot
Stemphylium botryosumWallr.
(teleomorph: Pleospora tarda E. Simmons)
Wilt and leaf blight
Pythium tracheiphilum Matta

MISCELLANEOUS DISEASES OR DISORDERS

Brown stain
Physiological, excess CO2
Russet spotting
Physiological, excess ethylene
Tipburn
Physiological, Ca** deficiency and high temperature

NEMATODES, PARASITIC

False root knot
Nacobbus aberrans (Thorne) Thorne & Allen
Lesion
Pratylenchus spp.
Needle
Longidorus spp.
Root-knot
Meloidogyne spp.
Spiral
Rotylenchus robustus (de Man) Filipjev
Stunt
Melinius brevidens (Allen) Siddiqi
Tylenchorhynchus spp.

PARASITIC HIGHER PLANT

Broomrape
Orobanche ramosa L.

VIRUS AND VIRUSLIKE DISEASES

(Also mycoplasmalike organism [MLO])

Big vein
Lettuce big vein virus
Calico
Alfalfa mosaic virus
Tobacco ringspot virus
Internal rib necrosis
Lettuce mosaic virus
Mosaic
Lettuce mosaic virus
Biden mosaic virus
Cucumber mosaic virus
Turnip mosaic virus
Necrotic yellows
Lettuce necrotic yellows virus
Ring necrosis
Presumed viral agent (not identified)
Rusty brown discoloration
Accentuated by lettuce mosaic virus
Speckles
Lettuce speckles virus and beet western yellows virus
Stunt
Beet yellow stunt virus
Virescence
Aster yellows MLO
Beet leafhopper-transmitted virescence MLO
Wilt
Broadbean wilt virus
Tomato spotted wilt virus
Yellow spot
Tobacco rattlevirus
Yellows
Beet western yellows virus
Other
Sow thistle yellow vein virus

**Calcium