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Diseases of Tobacco
(Nicotiana tabacum L.)

H. D. Shew, primary collator (last update 2/19/93)


BACTERIAL DISEASES

Angular leaf spot
Pseudomonas syringae pv. tabaci (Wolf & Foster) Young et al.
Granville wilt
Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith) Smith
Hollow stalk
Erwinia carotovora subsp. carotovora (Jones) Bergey et al.
E. carotovora subsp. atroseptica (van Hall) Dye
Leaf gall
Rhodococcus fascians (Tilford) Goodfellow
Wildfire
Pseudomonas syringae pv. tabaci (Wolf & Foster) Young et al.

FUNGAL DISEASES

Anthracnose
Colletotrichum destructivum O'Gara
(teleomorph: Glomerella glycines F. Lehm. and F.A. Wolf)
Barn spot
Cercospora nicotianae Ellis & Everh.
Barn rot
Several fungi and bacteria
Black root rot
Thielaviopsis basicola (Berk. & Broome) Ferraris
Black shank
Phytophthora parasitica Dastur var. nicotianae (Breda de
   Haan) Tucker
P. nicotianae Breda de Haan var. nicotianae G.M.
   Waterhouse
Blue mold (downy mildew)
Peronospora tabacina D.B. Adam
= P. hyoscyami de Bary f. sp. tabacina
Brown spot
Alternaria alternata (Fr.:Fr.) Keissl.
Charcoal rot
Macrophomina phaseolina (Tassi) Goidanich
Collar rot
Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) de Bary
Damping-off, Pythium
Pythium spp.
P. aphanidermatum (Edson) Fitzp.
P. ultimum Trow
Frogeye leaf spot
Cercospora nicotianae Ellis & Everh.
Fusarium wilt
Fusarium oxysporum Schlechtend.:Fr. (several f. sp.)
Gray mold
Botrytis cinerea Pers.:Fr.
(teleomorph: Botryotinia fuckeliana (de Bary) Whetzel)
Olpidium seedling blight
Olpidium brassicae (Woronin) P.A. Dang.
Phyllosticta leaf spot
Phyllosticta nicotiana Ellis & Everh.
Powdery mildew
Erysiphe cichoracearum DC.
Ragged leaf spot
Phoma exigua Desmaz. var. exigua
= Ascochyta phaseolorum Sacc.
Scab
Hymenula affinis (Fautrey & Lambotte) Wollenweb.
= Fusarium affine Fautrey & Lambotte
Sore shin and damping-off
Rhizoctonia solani Kühn
(teleomorph: Thanatephorus cucumeris (A.B. Frank) Donk)
Southern stem rot (southern blight)
Sclerotium rolfsii Sacc.
(teleomorph: Athelia rolfsii (Cursi) Tu & Kimbrough)
Stem rot of tranplants
Pythium spp.
Target spot
Rhizoctonia solani Kühn
Verticillium wilt
Verticllium albo-atrum Reinke & Berthier
V. dahliae Kleb.

MISCELLANEOUS DISEASES OR DISORDERS

Brown root rot
Pratylenchus spp. (nematodes)
Drought spot
Drought
False broomrape
Unknown
Frenching
Metabolite of Bacillus cereus Frankland & Frankland
Stem break (in Europe)
Ditylenchus dipsaci (Kühn) Filipjev (nematodes)
Sunscald
High light intensity and high temperatures
Weather fleck
Ozone

NEMATODES, PARASITIC

Bulb and stem (stem break)
Ditylenchus dipsaci (Kühn) Filipjev (in Europe)
Cyst
Globodera solanacearum (Miller & Gray) Behrens
= G. virginiae (Miller & Gray) Behrens
G. tabacum (Lownsbery & Lownsbery) Behrens
Dagger, American
Xiphinema americanum Cobb
Foliar
Aphelenchoides ritzemabosi (Schwartz) Steiner
Lesion
Pratylenchus brachyurus (Godfrey) Filipjev &
   Schuurmans-Stekhoven
P. penetrans (Cobb) Filipjev & Schuurmans-Stekhoven
Pratylenchus spp.
Reniform
Rotylenchulus reniformis Linford & Oliveira
Root-knot
Meloidogyne arenaria (Neal) Chitwood
M. hapla Chitwood
M. incognita (Kofoid & White) Chitwood
M. javanica (Treub) Chitwood
Spiral
Helicotylenchus spp.
Stubby-root
Paratrichodorus spp.
Trichodorus spp.
Stunt
Merlinius spp.
Tylenchorhynchus spp.

PARASITIC HIGHER PLANTS

Broomrape
Orobanche ramosa L.
O. ludoviciana Nutt.
Dodder
Cuscuta spp.
Witchweed
Striga gesnerioides (Willd.) Vatke

VIRUS DISEASES

(Also mycoplasmalike organisms [MLO])
Alfalfa mosaic
Alfalfa mosaic virus
Aster yellows
MLO
Beet curly top
Beet curly top virus
Bushy top
Tobacco vein distorting virus and tobacco bushy top virus in combination
Cucumber mosaic
Cucumber mosaic virus
Peanut stunt
Peanut stunt virus
Rosette disease
Tobacco vein distorting virus and tobacco mottlevirus in combination
Stolbur (Europe only)
MLO
Tobacco etch
Tobacco etch virus
Tobacco leaf curl
Tobacco leaf curl virus
Tobacco mosaic
Tobacco mosaic virus
Tobacco necrosis
Tobacco necrosis virus
Tobacco rattle
Tobacco rattle virus
Tobacco ring spot
Tobacco ring spot virus
Tobacco streak
Tobacco streak virus
Tobacco stunt (Japan only)
Tobacco stunt virus
Tobacco vein mottling
Tobacco vein mottling virus
Tomato spotted wilt
Tomato spotted wilt virus
Vein banding
Potato virus Y
Wound tumor
Wound tumor virus