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Plant problem library

Detailed profiles of common plant diseases, pests, nutrient deficiencies and environmental problems.

Golovinomyces orontii powdery mildew
Disease

Golovinomyces orontii powdery mildew

Golovinomyces orontii

Golovinomyces orontii is a living-tissue-dependent powdery mildew fungus associated with cucurbits and several other broadleaf hosts. It produces conspicuous white patches on leaves and…

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Chestnut brown rot
Disease

Chestnut brown rot

Gnomoniopsis smithogilvyi

Chestnut brown rot is a fungal disease caused by Gnomoniopsis smithogilvyi. It primarily damages chestnut kernels, often without obvious external symptoms at harvest. Brown…

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Golden nematode
Pest

Golden nematode

Globodera rostochiensis (Wollenweber) Mulvey & Stone

Golden nematode, Globodera rostochiensis, is a soil-dwelling quarantine pest of potato and other susceptible solanaceous plants. Feeding on roots can produce stunting, yellowing, wilting…

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Pale potato cyst nematode
Pest

Pale potato cyst nematode

Globodera pallida

Globodera pallida is a regulated, soil-borne nematode pest of potato and other solanaceous hosts. It attacks roots, causing patchy poor growth, chlorosis, wilting during…

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Take-All Root Rot
Disease

Take-All Root Rot

Gaeumannomyces graminis group; wheat take-all is commonly associated with Gaeumannomyces graminis var. tritici, also treated in current taxonomy as Gaeumannomyces tritici

Take-all root rot is a soilborne disease of grasses and cereal crops caused by members of the Gaeumannomyces graminis group. In the United States,…

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Fusarium wilt
Disease

Fusarium wilt

Fusarium oxysporum species complex

Fusarium wilt is a soilborne vascular disease caused by host-specific pathogenic strains within the Fusarium oxysporum species complex. Infected plants commonly show one-sided or…

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Fusarium head blight (scab)
Disease

Fusarium head blight (scab)

Fusarium graminearum Schwabe sensu stricto

Fusarium graminearum is a major cereal disease fungus in the United States, best known for Fusarium head blight, or scab, of wheat and barley.…

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Nyugati virágtripsz
Pest

Nyugati virágtripsz

Frankliniella occidentalis

A Frankliniella occidentalis, vagyis a nyugati virágtripsz apró, sok tápnövényen előforduló szívó-rágó kártevő. Főként virágokban, zsenge levelekben és hajtáscsúcsokban táplálkozik, ahol ezüstös hegesedést, barnuló…

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Northern corn leaf blight
Disease

Northern corn leaf blight

Exserohilum turcicum

Northern corn leaf blight is a fungal leaf disease caused by Exserohilum turcicum, most important on susceptible field, sweet and popcorn hybrids. It produces…

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