Diseases of Mustard (Brassica juncea (L.) Czernj. & J.M. Coulter var. crispifolia L.H. Bailey and B. nigra (L.) W. Koch)

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Diseases of Mustard
(Brassica juncea (L.) Czernj. & J.M. Coulter var. crispifolia
L.H. Bailey and B. nigra (L.) W. Koch)

P. H. Williams and L. R. Saha, primary collators (last update3/24/93)

Bacterial black rot: Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris (Pammel) Dowson
Bacterial soft rot: Erwinia carotovora (Jones) Bergey et al.; Pseudomonas marginalis pv. marginalis (Brown) Stevens
Xanthomonas leaf spot: Xanthomonas campestris pv. armoraciae (McCulloch) Dye

Alternaria black spot: Alternaria brassicae (Berk.) Sacc.; A. brassicicola (Schwein.) Wiltshire; A. raphani Groves & Skolko
Anthracnose: Colletotrichum gloeosporioides (Penz.) Penz. & Sacc. in
Penz.; (teleomorph: Glomerella cingulata (Stoneman) Spauld. &
H. Schrenk); C. higginsianum Sacc. in Higgins
Black leg (leaf, root and stem rot): Leptosphaeria maculans (Desmaz.) Ces. & De Not.; (anamorph: Phoma lingam (Tode Fr.) Desmaz.)
Black root: Aphanomyces raphani Kendrick
Cercospora leaf spot: Cercospora brassicicola Henn.
Clubroot: Plasmodiophora brassicae Woronin
Damping-off: Fusarium spp.; Rhizoctonia solani Kühn; (teleomorph: Thanatephorus cucumeris (A. B. Frank) Donk)
Downy mildew: Peronospora parasitica (Pers.: Fr.) Fr.
Head rot: Rhizoctonia solani Kühn
Leaf spot: Myrothecium roridum Tode:Fr.; Phyllosticta brassicae Currey & Westend.; = P. brassicina Sacc.
Powdery mildew: Erysiphe polygoni DC.
Sclerotinia stem rot: Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) deBary
Southern blight: Sclerotium rolfsii Sacc.; (teleomorph: Athelia rolfsii (Curzi) Tu & Kimbrough)
White rust: Albugo candida (Pers.) Kunze (Peronospora sp. commonly present in staghead phase)
White leaf spot: Pseudocercosporella capsellae (Ellis & Everh.) Deighton
Wirestem: Rhizoctonia solani Kühn
Yellows: Fusarium oxysporum Schlechtend.:Fr.