Common Names of Plant Diseases

Diseases of Bean
(Phaseolus vulgaris L.)

Howard F. Schwartz, primary collator (last update 5/25/05)

BACTERIAL DISEASES

Bacterial brown spot

Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae van Hall

Bacterial wilt

Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens pv. flaccumfaciens

    (Hedges) Collins & Jones

= Corynebacterium flaccumfaciens subsp. flaccumfaciens

    (Hedges) Dowson

Common bacterial blight

Xanthomonas campestris pv. phaseoli (Smith) Dye

= X. axonopodis pv. phaseoli (Smith) Vauterin et al.

Fuscous blight

Xanthomonas campestris pv. phaseoli (Smith) Dye

Halo blight

Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola (Burkholder) Young et al.

Wildfire

Pseudomonas syringae pv. tabaci (Wolf & Foster) Young et al.

FUNGAL DISEASES

Alternaria leaf and pod spot

Alternaria alternata (Fr.:Fr.) Keissl. (= A. tenuis Nees)

Alternaria brassicae (Berk.) Sacc. f. sp. phaseoli C. Brun

Alternaria brassicicola (Schwein.) Wiltshire

Angular leaf spot

Phaeoisariopsis griseola (Sacc.) Ferraris

Anthracnose

Colletotrichum lindemuthianum (Sacc. & Magnus) Lams.-Scrib.

    Glomerella lindemuthiana Shear [teleomorph]

Aphanomyces root and hypocotyl rot

Aphanomyces euteiches Drechs f. sp. phaseoli W. F. Pfender & D. J. Hagedorn

Ashy stem blight (charcoal rot)

Macrophomina phaseolina (Tassi) Goidanich

Black node disease (Ascochyta leaf spot)

Phoma exigua Desmaz. var. diversispora (Bubak) Boerema

= P. diversispora Bubak

Phoma exigua Desmaz. var. Exigua

= Ascochyta phaseolorum Sacc.

Black root rot

Thielaviopsis basicola (Berk. & Broome) Ferraris

= Chalara elegans Nag, Raj & Kendrick

Cercospora leaf spot and blotch

Pseudocercospora cruenta (Sacc.) Deighton

= Cercospora cruenta Sacc.

    Mycosphaerella cruenta D. H. Latham [teleomorph]

Cercospora canescens Ellis & G. Martin

Cercospora phaseoli Dearn. & Barth.

Cercospora caracallae (Speg.) Vassiljevsky & Karakulin

Chaetoseptoria leaf spot

Chaetoseptoria wellmanii Stevenson

Damping-off and stem rot, Rhizoctonia

Rhizoctonia solani Kühn

    Thanatephorus cucumeris (A. B. Frank) Donk

    [teleomorph]

Damping-off, Pythium

Pythium spp.

Diaporthe pod blight

Diaporthe phaseolorum (Cooke et Ellis) Sacc.

Downy mildew

Phytophthora nicotianae Breda de Haan var. parasitica (Dastur) G. M. Waterhouse

Downy mildew (of lima)

Phytophthora phaseoli Thaxt.

Entyloma leaf smut

Entyloma petuniae Speg.

E. vignae Bat. et al.

Floury leaf spot

Mycovellosiella phaseoli (Drummond) Deighton

= Ramularia phaseoli (Drummond) Deighton

Fusarium root rot

Fusarium solani (Mart.) Sacc. f. sp. phaseoli (Burkholder) W. C. Snyder & H. N. Hans.

Fusarium yellows (Fusarium wilt)

Fusarium oxysporum Schlechtend.:Fr. f. sp. phaseoli

J. B. Kendrick & W. C. Snyder

Gray leaf spot

Cercospora vanderysti P. Henn

Cercospora castellanii Matta & Belliard

Gray mold

Botrytis cinerea Pers.:Fr.

    Botryotinia fuckeliana (de Bary) Whetzel [teleomorph]

Phyllosticta leaf spot

Phyllosticta phaseolina Sacc.

Phymatotrichum root rot (cotton root rot)

Phymatotrichum omnivorum Duggar

= Phymatotrichopsis omnivora (Duggar) Hennebert

= Ozonium omnivorum Shear

Pink pod rot

Trichothecium roseum (Pers.:Fr.) Link

Powdery mildew

Erysiphe polygoni DC.

    Oidium balsamii Mont. [anamorph]

Pythium diseases

Pythium ultimum Trow

Pythium irregulare Buisman

Pythium paroecandrum Drechs.

Pythium myriotylum Drechs.

Pythium aphanidermatum (Edson) Fitzp.

Russet

Plectosporium tabacinum (Van Beyma) M. E. Palm, W. Gams & Nirenberg

Rust

Uromyces appendiculatus (Pers.: Pers.) Unger

Scab

Elsinoe phaseoli Jenk.

    Sphaceloma species [anamorph]

Southern blight

Sclerotium rolfsii Sacc.

    Athelia rolfsii (Curzi) Tu & Kimbrough [teleomorph]

Soybean rust

Phakopsora pachyrhizi Sydow

{Asian Soybean Rust}

Phakopsora meibomiae (Arthur) Arthur {American

    Soybean Rust}

Speckle disease

Stagonosporopsis hortensis (Sacc. & Malbr.) Petr.

= Ascochyta boltshauseri Sacc. in Boltshauser

Stem rot

Unidentified basidiomycete

Web blight

Rhizoctonia solani Kühn

    Thanatephorus cucumeris (Frank) Donk. [anamorph]

White leaf spot

Pseudocercosporella albida (Matta & Belliard) Yoshii & Aamodt

    Cercospora albida Matta & Belliard [anamorph]

White mold (Sclerotinia rot)

Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) de Bary

Yeast spot

Nematospora coryli Peglion

Nematospora gossypii Ashby et Nowell

Eremothecium cymbalariae Borzi

Awl

Dolichodorus heterocephalus Cobb

Bulb and stem

Ditylenchus spp.

Chrysanthemum foliar

Aphelenchoides ritzemabosi (Schwartz, 1911) Steinert & Buhrer

Cyst (Soybean)

Heterodera glycines Ichinohe

Dagger, American

Xiphinema americanum Cobb

Lance

Hoplolaimus spp.

Lesion

Pratylenchus penetrans (Cobb) Filipjev &

    Schuurmans-Stekhoven

Pratylenchus brachyurus (Godfrey) Filip. & Schuur.-Stek.

Pratylenchus scribneri Steiner

Pin

Paratylenchus spp.

Reniform

Rotylenchulus reniformis Linford & Oliveira

Ring

Criconemoides ovantus Raski

Root-knot

Meloidogyne arenaria (Neal) Chitwood

M. hapla Chitwood

M. incognita (Kofoid & White) Chitwood

M. javanica (Trueb) Chitwood

Spiral

Helicotylenchus dihysteria (Cobb) Sher

Sting

Belonolaimus longicaudatus Rau

Stubby-root

Paratrichodorus christiei (Allen) Siddiqi

Stunt

Tylenchorhynchus spp.

Merlinius spp.

Quinisulcius acutus (Allen) Siddiqi

Alfalfa mosaic

Alfalfa mosaic virus

Angular mosaic

Cowpea mild mottle virus

Angular mosaic

Cowpea mild mottle virus

Bean calico mosaic

Bean calico mosaic virus (variant of Squash leaf curl virus)

Bean common mosaic

Bean common mosaic virus

Bean common mosaic necrosis virus

Bean dwarf mosaic

Bean dwarf mosaic virus

Bean golden mosaic

Bean golden mosaic virus

Bean golden yellow mosaic

Bean golden yellow mosaic virus

Bean mild mosaic

Bean mild mosaic virus

Bean necrosis mosaic

Tomato spotted wilt virus

Bean pod mottle

Bean pod mottle virus

Bean rugose mosaic

Bean rugose mosaic virus

Bean severe mosaic

Quail pea mosaic virus

Cowpea severe mosaic virus

Bean southern mosaic

Southern bean mosaic virus

Bean summer death

Tobacco yellow dwarf virus

Bean yellow dwarf

Bean yellow dwarf virus

Bean yellow mosaic

Bean yellow mosaic virus

Bean yellow stipple

Cowpea chlorotic mottle virus

Clover yellow vein

Clover yellow vein virus

Cucumber mosaic

Cucumber mosaic virus

Curly top

Beet curly top virus

Peanut mottle

Peanut mottle virus

Peanut stunt

Peanut stunt virus

Red node

Tobacco streak virus

Stipple streak

Tobacco necrosis virus

Soybean mosaic

Soybean mosaic virus

Long stem

Machismo

Witches'-broom

Bald head

Mechanical injury to seed

Bronzing

Ozone air pollution

Environmental stresses

Genetic abnormalities

Green Spot

Hypocotyl collar rot

Mineral deficiencies

Mineral toxicities

PAN

Pesticide injury

pH

Salinity

Seed quality

Sulfur dioxide