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Plant problem library

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

Grape white rot
Disease

Grape white rot

Coniella diplodiella

Grape white rot is a fungal disease of grapevines caused primarily by Coniella diplodiella. It most often damages ripening clusters after hail, insect injury,…

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Cucurbit Anthracnose
Disease

Cucurbit Anthracnose

Colletotrichum orbiculare

Cucurbit anthracnose is a fungal disease caused by Colletotrichum orbiculare. It affects cucumber, muskmelon, watermelon, squash, pumpkin and related cucurbits, producing tan to dark…

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Bean Anthracnose
Disease

Bean Anthracnose

Colletotrichum lindemuthianum

Bean anthracnose is a seedborne fungal disease caused by Colletotrichum lindemuthianum. It primarily affects snap, dry, lima, runner and related beans, producing brick-red to…

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Anthracnose
Disease

Anthracnose

Colletotrichum gloeosporioides

Colletotrichum gloeosporioides is a fungus historically associated with anthracnose, fruit rot, dieback and postharvest decay on many plants. Modern DNA studies show that the…

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Black Dot Disease
Disease

Black Dot Disease

Colletotrichum coccodes

Black dot disease is a soil- and tuber-borne fungal disease caused by Colletotrichum coccodes. It is best known on potato, where it produces black…

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Anthracnose caused by Colletotrichum acutatum
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Anthracnose caused by Colletotrichum acutatum

Colletotrichum acutatum J.H. Simmonds

Colletotrichum acutatum is a fungal pathogen associated with anthracnose, fruit rots, blossom blight, and occasionally crown, stem, or leaf lesions on a wide range…

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Ergot
Disease

Ergot

Claviceps purpurea

Ergot is a fungal disease of flowering grasses and cereal crops caused by Claviceps purpurea. The fungus replaces individual ovaries with elongated, hard purple-black…

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Tomato bacterial canker
Disease

Tomato bacterial canker

Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis

Tomato bacterial canker is a serious, seedborne bacterial disease caused primarily by Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis. It can move systemically through tomato vascular tissue,…

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Cucurbit Scab
Disease

Cucurbit Scab

Cladosporium cucumerinum

Cucurbit scab is a fungal disease caused by Cladosporium cucumerinum, most damaging on cucumber, summer squash, pumpkin, winter squash and melons. Cool, wet weather…

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Rhododendron–Spruce Needle Rust
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Rhododendron–Spruce Needle Rust

Chrysomyxa rhododendri (DC.) de Bary

Rhododendron–spruce needle rust is a specialized rust disease caused by the fungus Chrysomyxa rhododendri. It alternates between rhododendron leaves and young spruce needles, producing…

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Cherry leaf roll virus
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Cherry leaf roll virus

Nepovirus avii

Cherry leaf roll virus is a graft- and nematode-transmitted viral disease primarily affecting sweet cherry and peach, with apple also documented as a host.…

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Gray leaf spot of corn
Disease

Gray leaf spot of corn

Cercospora zeae-maydis

Gray leaf spot of corn is a fungal foliar disease caused primarily by Cercospora zeae-maydis. It begins on lower leaves as small spots that…

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