Common Names of Plant Diseases


Diseases of Beet
(Beta vulgaris L.)



BACTERIAL DISEASES

Bacterial blight
Pseudomonas syringae pv. aptata (Brown & Jamieson) Young et al.
Bacterial pocket
Xanthomonas beticola (Smith et al.) Savulescu
Bacterial soft rot
Erwinia carotovora subsp. carotovora (Jones) Bergey et al.
Bacterial vascular necrosis and rot
Erwinia carotovora subsp. betavasculorum Thomson et al.
Crown gall
Agrobacterium tumefaciens (Smith & Townsend) Conn
Silvering disease*
Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens pv. betae (Hedges)
    Collins and Jones
= Corynebacterium betae Keyworth et al.

FUNGAL DISEASES

Alternaria leaf spot
Alternaria alternata (Fr.:Fr.) Keissl.
A. brassicae (Berk.) Sacc.
Anthracnose*
Colletotrichum dematium (Pers.) Grove f. spinaciae (Ellis & Halst.) Arx
Aphanomyces root rot (black root)
Aphanomyces cochlioides Drechs.
Black wood vessel*
Pythium irregulare Buisman
Cercospora leaf spot
Cercospora beticola Sacc.
Charcoal rot
Macrophomina phaseolina (Tassi) Goidanich
Choanephora rot*
Choanephora cucurbitatum (Berk. & Ravenel) Thaxt.
Damping-off, black leg, black root and seedling blight
Aphanomyces cochlioides Drechs.
Cylindrocladium sp.*
Fusarium spp.
Phoma betae A. B. Frank
    Pleospora betae (Berl.) Nevodovsky [teleomorph]
Pythium spp.
Rhizoctonia solani Kühn
    Thanatephorus cucumeris (A. B. Frank) Donk
    [teleomorph]
Downy mildew
Peronospora farinosa (Fr.:Fr.) Fr.
= P. farinosa (Fr.:Fr) Fr. f. sp. betae Byford
= P. schachtii Fuckel
Fusarium yellows
Fusarium oxysporum Schlechtend.:Fr. f. sp. spinaciae (Sherb.) W. C. Snyder & H. N. Hans.
Fusarium yellows and root rot
Fusarium oxysporum Schlechtend.:Fr. f. sp. betae (D. Stewart) W. C. Snyder & H. N. Hans. (Texas isolates)
Leaf gall (beet tumor, or crown wart)
Physoderma leproides (Trab.) Karling
= Urophlyctis leproides (Trab.) Magnus
Phoma leaf spot and root rot
Phoma betae A. B. Frank
Phymatotrichum root rot (cotton root rot)
Phymatotrichopsis omnivora (Duggar) Hennebert
= Phymatotrichum omnivorum Duggar
Phytophthora wet rot
Phytophthora drechsleri Tucker
Powdery mildew
Erysiphe polygoni DC.
= E. betae Weltzien
Pythium root rot
Pythium aphanidermatum (Edson) Fitzp.
P. deliense Meurs
Ramularia leaf spot
Ramulariabeticola Fautrey & Lambotte
Rhizoctonia foliar blight, crown and root rot
Rhizoctonia solani Kühn
Rhizopus root rot
Rhizopus arrhizus A. Fischer
R. stolonifer (Ehrenb.:Fr.) Vuill.
Rust
Uromycesbetae J. Kickx fil.
Sclerotinia crown & root rot
Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) de Bary
Seedling rust
Puccinia subnitens Dietel
Slime molds*
Physarum cinereum (Batsch) Pers.
Southern blight (Sclerotium root rot and stem rot)
Sclerotium rolfsii Sacc.
    Athelia rolfsii (Curzi) Tu & Kimbrough [teleomorph]
Stemphylium leaf spot*
Stemphylium botryosum Wallr.
    Pleospora tarda E. Simmons [teleomorph]
Storage rots
Botrytis cinerea Pers.: Fr.
    Botryotinia fuckeliana (de Bary) Whetzel [teleomorph]
Penicillium spp.
Phoma betae A. B. Frank
Verticillium wilt
Verticillium albo-atrum Reinke & Berthier
Violet root rot
Helicobasidium brebissonii (Desmaz.) Donk
    Rhizoctonia crocorum (Pers.:Fr.) DC. [anamorph]

NEMATODE DISEASES

Beet cyst nematode
Heterodera schachtii Schmidt
Clover cyst nematode
Heterodera trifolii Goffart
False root-knot nematode
Nacobbus aberrans (Thorne & Schuster) Sher
Lesion nematodes
Pratylenchus spp.
Needle nematodes
Longidorus spp.
Potato rot nematode
Ditylenchus destructor Thorne
Root-knot
Meloidogyne spp.
Stem and bulb nematode
Ditylenchus dipsaci (Kühn) Filipjev
Stubby-root nematodes
Paratrichodorus spp.
Trichodorus spp.

VIRAL DISEASES

Alfalfa mosaic
genus Alfamovirus, Alfalfa mosaic virus (AMV)
Beet curly top
genus Hybrigeminivirus, Beet curly top virus (BCTV)
Beet distortion mosaic
genus ?, Beet distortion mosaic virus
Beet leaf curl*
genus Rhabdovirus, Beet leaf curl virus (BCLV)
Beet mild yellows & Beet western yellows
genus Luteovirus, Beet western yellows virus (BMY)
Beet mosaic
genus Potyvirus, Beet mosaic virus (BtMV)
Beet yellow net
genus Luteovirus, Beet yellow net virus (BYNV)
Beet yellows
genus Closterovirus, Beet yellows virus (BYV)
Cucumber mosaic
genus Cucumovirus, Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV)
Lettuce infectious yellows
genus Closterovirus, Lettuce infectious yellows virus (LIYV)
Rhizomania
genus Furovirus, Beet necrotic yellow vein virus
    (BNYVV)
(fungal vector: Polymyxa betae Keskin)
Beet savoy
Suspected virus
Beet yellow vein
Suspected virus

PHYTOPLASMAL and SPIROPLASMAL DISEASES

Beet latent rosette
Phytoplasma
Yellow wilt*
Spiroplasma

MISCELLANEOUS DISEASES OR DISORDERS

Heart rot
Boron deficiency
Scab
Streptomyces spp.

*Not known to occur naturally in the United States of America.

 


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