Common Names of Plant Diseases


Diseases of Azalea
(Rhododendron spp.)



FUNGAL DISEASES

Anthracnose
Glomerella cingulata (Stoneman) Spauld. & H. Schrenk
    Colletotrichum gloeosporioides (Penz.) Penz. & Sacc.
    in Penz. [anamorph]
Armillaria root rot (shoestring root rot)
Armillaria mellea (Vahl: Fr.) P. Kumm.
    Rhizomorpha subcorticalis Pers. [anamorph]
Botrytis petal blight
Botrytis cinerea Pers.: Fr.
    Botryotinia fuckeliana (de Bary) Whetzel [teleomorph]
Bud and twig blight
Pycnostysanus azaleae (Peck) E. Mason
= Briosia azaleae (Peck) Dearn.
Cercospora leaf spot
Pseudocercospora handelii (Bubak) Deighton
= Cercospora handelii Bubak
Clitocybe root rot (mushroom root rot)
Armillaria tabescens (Scop.) Dennis et al.
= Clitocybe tabescens (Scop.) Bres.
Cylindrocladium blight and root rot
Cylindrocladium scoparium Morg.
= C. floridanum Sobers & C. P. Seymour
    Calonectria kyotensis Terashita [teleomorph]
Cylindrocladium theae (Petch) Subramanian
    Calonectria theae C. A. Loos [teleomorph]
Damping-off, Pythium
Pythium spp.
P. irregulare Buisman
Damping-off, Rhizoctonia
Rhizoctonia solani Kühn
    Thanatephorus cucumeris (A. B. Frank) Donk
    [teleomorph]
Exobasidium leaf spot
Exobasidium burtii Zeller
Leaf scorch
Septoria azalea Voglino
Leaf and flower gall
Exobasidium vaccinii (Fuckel) Woronin
= E. azaleae Peck
Ovulinia petal blight
Ovulinia azaleae Weiss
    Ovulitis azaleae Buchwald [anamorph]
Pestalotia leaf spot twig blight, and crown rot
Pestalotiopsis sydowiana (Bres.) Sutton
= Pestalotia rhododendri Guba non Westend., hom. illeg.
Phomopsis dieback
Phomopsis spp.
Phyllosticta leaf spot
Phyllosticta spp.
Phytophthora blight and dieback
Phytophthora nicotianae Breda de Haan var. parasitica
    (Dastur) G. M. Waterhouse
= P. parasitica Dastur
Phytophthora root rot and wilt
Phytophthora cinnamomi Rands
P. nicotianae Breda de Haan var. parasitica (Dastur)
    G. M. Waterhouse
Powdery mildew
Erysiphe polygoni DC.
Microsphaera penicillata (Wallr.:Fr.) Lev.
Pucciniastrum leaf rust
Pucciniastrum vaccinii (G. Wint.) Jorst.
Twig blight
Monilinia azaleae Honey
Web blight
Rhizoctonia ramicola G. F. Weber & D. A. Roberts
    Ceratobasidium ramicola Tu et al. [teleomorph]
Rhizoctonia sp. (binucleate)

NEMATODE DISEASES

Dagger, American
Xiphinema americanum Cobb
Pin
Paratylenchus curvitatus Springer
Root-knot
Meloidogyne spp.
Sheath
Hemicycliophora spp.
Spiral
Rotylenchus buxophilus Golden
R. robustus (De Man) Filipjev
Stubby-root
Paratrichodorus minor (Colbran) Siddiqi
Stunt
Tylenchorhynchus claytoni Steiner

PARASITIC HIGHER PLANTS

Dodder
Cuscuta gronovii Willd.

UNDETERMINED ETIOLOGY

Witches' broom
Undetermined

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