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Diseases of Papaya
(
Carica papaya
L.)
Page Content
W. T. Nishijima, primary collator (last update 5/28/99)
BACTERIAL DISEASES
Bacterial canker
Erwinia
sp.
Bacterial leaf spot
Pseudomonas carica-papayae
Robbs.
Bacterial wilt
Pseudomonas solanacearum
E. F. Smith
Black rot
Erwinia cypripedii
(Hori) Bergey
et al
(=
Pectobacterium cypripedii
(Hori) Brenner
et al.
)
Bunchy top
Unknown bacterium
Erwinia decline
Erwinia
sp.
Erwinia mushy canker
Erwinia
sp.
Internal yellowing
Enterobacter cloacae
(Jordan) Hormaeche & Edwards
Purple stain
Erwinia herbicola
Löehnis Dye
FUNGAL DISEASES
Alternaria fruit spot
Alternaria alternata
(Fr.:Fr.) Keissl.
Angular leaf spot
Leveillula taurica
(Lév.) G. Arnaud
Anthracnose
Colletotrichum gloeosporioides
(Penz.) Penz. & Sacc. in Penz.
Black spot
Asperisporium caricae
(Speg.) Maubl.
Cercospora papayae
Hansf.
Phomopsis caricae-papayae
Petr. & Cif.
Blossom spot
Choanephora cucurbitarum
(Berk. & Ravenel) Thaxt.
Brown spot
Corynespora cassicola
(Berk. & M. A. Curtis) C. T. Wei (=
Cercospora melonis
Cooke; =
C. vignicola
E. Kawamura; =
Helminthosporium cassiicola
Berk. & M. A. Curtis; =
H. vignae
Olive in Olive, Bain, & Lefebvre); =
H. vignicola (
E. Kawamura) Olive
Chocolate spot
Colletotrichum gloeosporioides
(Penz.) Penz. & Sacc. in Penz.
Collar rot
Cylindrocladium crotalariae
(C. A. Loos) D. K. Bell & Sobers
(teleomorph:
Calonectria crotalariae
(C. A. Loos) D. K.
Bell & Sobers)
Damping off
Colletotrichum gloeosporioides
(Penz.) Penz. & Sacc. in
Penz.
Phytophthora palmivora
(E. J. Butler) E. J. Butler
Phytophthora nicotianae
Breda de Haan var.
parasitica
(Dastur) G. M. Waterhouse (=
Phytophthora parasitica
Dastur)
Pythium aphanidermatum
(Edson) Fitzp.
Pythium debaryanum
Auct. non R. Hesse
Pythium ultimum
Trow
Pythium
sp.
Rhizoctonia solani
Kühn
(teleomorph:
Thanatephorus cucumeris
(A. B. Frank)
Donk)
Dry rot
Phoma caricae-papayae
(Tarr) Punithalingam (=
Ascochyta carica
Pat. and
A. caricae-papayae
Tarr)
(teleomorph:
Mycosphaerella caricae
Syd. & P. Syd.)
Foot rot
Pythium aphanidermatum
(Edson) Fitzp.
Pythium ultimum
Trow
Fruit rot
Monilia
sp.
Fruit spot
Cercospora mamaonis
Viégas & Chupp
Fusarium fruit rot
Fusarium solani
(Mart.) Sacc.
Fusarium
spp.
Guignardia spot
Guignardia
sp.
Greasy spot
Corynespora cassiicola
. (Berk. & M. A. Curtis) C. T. Wei (=
Cercospora melonis
Cooke; =
C. vignicola
E. Kawamura; =
Helminthosporium cassiicola
Berk. & M. A. Curtis; =
H. vignae
Olive in Olive, Bain, & Lefebvre); =
H. vignicola
(E. Kawamura) Olive
Internal blight
Cladosporium
sp.
Fusarium
sp.
Penicillium
sp.
Lasiodiplodia fruit rot
Lasiodiplodia theobromae
(Pat.) Griffon & Maubl. (=
Botryodiplodia theobromae
Pat.; =
B. gossypii
Ellis. & Barth.; =
Diplodia theobromae
(Pat.) W. Nowell; =
D. gossypina
Cooke; =
D. natalensis
Pole-Evans; =
Lasiodiplodia triflorae
Higgins)
Leaf spot
Alternaria
sp.
Asperisporium caricae
(Speg.) Maubl.
Cercospora mamaonis
Viégas & Chupp
Cercospora papayae
Hansf.
Choanephora cucurbitarum
(Berk. & Ravenel) Thaxt.
Curvularia carica-papayae
Srivastava and Bilgrami
Gloeosporium
sp.
Phoma caricae-papayae
(Tarr) Punithalingam
(teleomorph:
Mycosphaerella caricae
Syd. & P. Syd.)
Phyllosticta
sp.
Petiole spot
Didymella
sp.
Phytophthora blight
Phytophthora palmivora
(E. J. Butler) E. J. Butler
Phytophthora nicotianae
Breda de Haan var.
parasitica
(Dastur) G. M. Waterhouse (=
Phytophthora parasitica
Dastur)
Powdery mildew
Erysiphe cichoracearum
De Candolle
Erysiphe
sp.
Oidium caricae
F. Noack
O. indica
Kamat
Ovulariopsis papayae
van der Bilz
Sphaerotheca fuliginea
(Schlecht.) Poll.
S. humuli
(D.C.) Burr.
Phytophthora fruit rot
Phytophthora capsici
Leonian
Phytophthora nicotianae
Breda de Haan var.
parasitica
(Dastur) G. M. Waterhouse (=
Phytophthora parasitica
Dastur)
Phytophthora palmivora
(E. J. Butler) E. J. Butler
Rhizopus soft rot
Rhizopus stolonifer
(Ehrenb.:Fr.) Vuill. (=
R. nigricans
Ehrenb.)
Root rot
Phytophthora palmivora
(E. J. Butler) E. J. Butler
Pythium aphanidermatum
(Edson) Fitzp.
Pythium ultimum
Trow
Pythium
spp.
Rhizoctonia solani
Kühn
(teleomorph:
Thanatephorus cucumeris
(A. B. Frank)
Donk)
Sclerotium blight
Sclerotium rolfsii
Sacc.
(teleomorph:
Athelia rolfsii
(Curzi) Tu & Kimbrough)
Seedling blight
Colletotrichum gloeosporioides
(Penz.) Penz. & Sacc. in Penz.
Stem-end rot
Alternaria alternata
(Fr.:Fr.) Keissl.
Colletotrichum gloeosporioides
(Penz.) Penz. & Sacc. in
Penz.
Fusarium
sp.
Lasiodiplodia theobromae
(Pat.) Griffon & Maubl.
(=
Botryodiplodia theobromae
Pat. =B. gossypii Ellis. &
Barth.; =
Diplodia theobromae
(Pat.)W. Nowell; =
D.
gossypina
Cooke; =
D. natalensis
Pole-Evans;
=
Lasiodiplodia triflorae
Higgins)
Phoma caricae-papayae
(Tarr) Punithalingam (=
Ascochyta
carica
Pat. and
A. caricae-papayae
Tarr)
(teleomorph:
Mycosphaerella caricae
Syd. & P. Syd.)
Phomopsis
sp.
Rhizopus stolonifer
(Ehrenb.:Fr.) Vuill. (=
R. nigricans
Ehrenb.)
Stemphylium fruit spot
Stemphylium lycopersici
(Enjoji) W. Yamamoto (=
Thyrospora lycopersici
Enjoji; =
S. floridanum
Hannon &
G. F. Weber)
Stem rot
Fusarium solani
(Mart.) Sacc.
(teleomorph:
Nectria haematococca
Berk. & Broome)
Fusarium
sp.
Phytophthora palmivora
(E. J. Butler) E. J. Butler
Pythium aphanidermatum
(Edson) Fitzp.
Pythium ultimum
Trow
Target spot
Phyllosticta caricae-papayae
Allesch.
Verticillium wilt
Verticillium dahliae
Kleb.
Wet fruit rot
Phomopsis
sp.
MISCELLANEOUS DISEASES & DISORDERS
Algal leaf spot
Cephaleuros virescens
Kunze
Bumpy fruit
Boron deficiency
Freckles
Physiological
Nivum Haamir dieback
Unknown cause
NEMATODES, PARASITIC
Reniform nematode
Rotylenchulus reniformis
Linford and Oliveira
R. parvus
(Williams) Sher
Root-knot nematode
Meloidogyne incognita
(Kofoid & White) Chitwood
M. javanica
(Treub) Chitwood
M. arenaria
(Neal) Chitwood
M. hapla
Chitwood
PHYTOPLASMAL DISEASES
Dieback
Phytoplasma
Yellow crinkle
Phytoplasma
VIRUS & VIROID DISEASES
Apical necrosis
Papaya apical necrosis rhabdovirus
Droopy necrosis
Papaya droopy necrosis rhabdovirus
Feather leaf
Unknown virus
Leaf curl
Virus suspected
Mosaic
Papaya mosaic potexvirus
Papaya ringspot
Papaya ringspot potyvirus
Spotted wilt
Tomato spotted wilt tospovirus
Terminal necrosis and wilt
Tobacco ringspot nepovirus
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