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Diseases of Rose
(Rosa spp.)

D.L. Gill and R. K. Horst, primary collators (last update 3/15/93)


BACTERIAL DISEASES

Bacterial leaf spot or blast
Pseudomonas syringae pv. mors-prunorum (Wormald) Young et al.
Crown gall
Agrobacterium tumefaciens (Smith & Townsend) Conn
Hairy root
Agrobacterium rhizogenes (Riker et al.) Conn

FUNGAL DISEASES

Alternaria leaf spot
Alternaria alternata (Fr.:Fr.) Keissl.
A. brassicae (Berk.) Sacc.
A. brassicicola (Schwein.) Wiltshire
Black mold
Chalara thielavioides (Peyronel) Nag Raj & Kendrick
= Chalaropsis thielavioides Peyronel
Black spot
Diplocarpon rosae F.A. Wolf
(anamorph: Marssonina rosae (Lib.) Died.)
Botrytis blight (bud, twig, and flower; also cane canker)
Botrytis cinerea Pers.:Fr.
(teleomorph: Botryotinia fuckeliana (de Bary) Whetzel)
Brand canker
Coniothyrium wernsdorffiae Laubert
Brown canker
Cryptosporella umbrina (Jenk.) Jenk. & Wehmeyer
= Diaporthe umbrina Jenk.
Cane blight canker
Botryosphaeria dothidea (Moug.:Fr.) Ces. & De Not.
(anamorph: Fusicoccum aesculi Corda)
B. ribis Gross & Duggar
(anamorph: Fusicoccum sp.)
Discostroma corticola (Fuckel) I. Brockmann
(anamorph: Seimatosporium lichenicola (Corda) Shoemaker
   & E. Müller)
Cercospora leaf spot
Pseudocercospora puderi B.H. Davis ex Deighton
= Cercospora puderi B.H. Davis
Cercospora rosicola Pass.
(teleomorph: Mycosphaerella rosicola B.H. Davis ex
   Deighton)
Common stem canker
Diapleella coniothyrium (Fuckel) Barr
(anamorph: Coniothyrium fuckelii Sacc.)
Crown canker
Cylindrocladium scoparium Morg.
(teleomorph: Calonectria kyotensis Terashita)
Downy mildew
Peronospora sparsa Berk.
Fungal canker
Cryptosporium minimum Laubert
Nectria cinnabrarina (Tode:Fr.) Fr.
(anamorph: Tubercularia vulgaris Tode:Fr.)
Diaporthe eres Nitschke
(anamorph: Phomopsis oblonga (Desmaz.) Traverso)
Diplodia sp.
Graft canker
Coniothyrium rosarum Cooke & Harkn.
Powdery mildew
Sphaerotheca pannosa (Wallr.:Fr.) Lév. var. rosae Woronichin
Rust
Phragmidium mucronatum (Pers.:Pers.) Schlechtend.
P. rosae-pimpinellifoliae Dietel plus seven other Phragmidium spp.
Septoria leaf spot
Septoria rosae Desmaz.
(teleomorph: Sphaerulina rehmiana Jaap)
Spot anthracnose
Elsinoe rosarum Jenk. & Bitancourt
(anamorph: Sphaceloma rosarum (Pass.) Jenk.)
Verticillium wilt
Verticillium albo-atrum Reinke & Berthier
V. dahliae Kleb.

MISCELLANEOUS DISEASES OR DISORDERS

Rose flower proliferation
Undetermined
Rose spring dwarf
Undetermined
Rose wilt
Undetermined

NEMATODES, PARASITIC

Dagger
Xiphenema spp.
X. diversicaudatum (Micoletzky) Thorne
Lesion
Pratylenchus penetrans (Cobb) Filipjev &
   Schuurmans-Stekhoven
P. vulnus Allen & Jensen
Ring
Criconemella axesta (Fassuliostis & Williams) Luc & Raski
Root-knot
Meloidogyne hapla Chitwood
Spiral
Helicotylenchus nannus Steiner
Rotylenchus spp.
Stunt
Tylenchorhynchus spp.

VIRUS AND VIRUSLIKE DISEASES

(And graft-transmissible pathogens [GTP])

Rose flower break
Undetermined, GTP
Rose leaf curl
Virus suspected
Rose mosaic
Rose mosaic virus (RMV), (GTP)
Rose ring pattern
Virus suspected (GTP)
Rose rosette
Virus suspected, mite transmitted
Rose streak
Rose streak virus (RSV), (GTP)
Strawberry latent
Strawberry latent ringspot virus (SLRV), nematode transmitted