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Plant problem library

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

Clover mite
Pest

Clover mite

Bryobia praetiosa

Clover mite, Bryobia praetiosa, is a tiny reddish-brown plant-feeding mite most often associated with cool-season turfgrass, clover and weeds in the United States. Feeding…

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Káposzta-levéltetű
Pest

Káposzta-levéltetű

Brevicoryne brassicae

A Brevicoryne brassicae, vagyis a káposzta-levéltetű, a káposztafélék viaszos, szürkészöld levéltetve. Tömeges kolóniái főként a fiatal leveleken, hajtáscsúcsokon, virágrügyeken és a fejképző részek mélyén…

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Shallow Bark Canker of Walnut
Disease

Shallow Bark Canker of Walnut

Brenneria nigrifluens

Shallow bark canker is a bacterial disease associated primarily with English walnut, caused by Brenneria nigrifluens. It produces scattered brown-to-black bark spots, shallow necrotic…

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Lettuce Downy Mildew
Disease

Lettuce Downy Mildew

Bremia lactucae Regel

Lettuce downy mildew is a cool-weather foliar disease caused by the obligate oomycete Bremia lactucae. It produces pale green to yellow angular lesions on…

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Fava Bean Chocolate Spot
Disease

Fava Bean Chocolate Spot

Botrytis fabae

Fava bean chocolate spot is a fungal disease associated with Botrytis fabae, especially during cool, wet and humid weather. It starts as small red-brown…

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Botryosphaeria canker and dieback
Disease

Botryosphaeria canker and dieback

Botryosphaeria dothidea (Moug. ex Fr.) Ces. & De Not.

Botryosphaeria dothidea is a wound- and stress-associated fungus that causes cankers, shoot or branch dieback, blights and fruit rots on many woody plants. In…

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Cherry leaf spot
Disease

Cherry leaf spot

Blumeriella jaapii (Rehm) Arx

Cherry leaf spot is a fungal disease caused by Blumeriella jaapii, especially damaging to tart and sour cherries in humid growing regions of the…

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Cereal Powdery Mildew
Disease

Cereal Powdery Mildew

Blumeria graminis

Cereal powdery mildew is a fungal disease complex caused by host-specialized forms of Blumeria graminis. It produces distinctive white to gray, flour-like colonies on…

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Black Root Rot
Disease

Black Root Rot

Berkeleyomyces basicola

Black root rot is a persistent soilborne disease caused by the fungus Berkeleyomyces basicola, formerly known as Thielaviopsis basicola. It attacks roots and sometimes…

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Sweetpotato whitefly
Pest

Sweetpotato whitefly

Bemisia tabaci species complex

Sweetpotato whitefly, Bemisia tabaci, is a small sap-feeding pest complex that attacks vegetables, field crops, ornamentals and weeds throughout warm regions of the United…

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Rhizomania of Sugar Beet
Disease

Rhizomania of Sugar Beet

Beet necrotic yellow vein virus (BNYVV)

Rhizomania is a serious soilborne viral disease caused by beet necrotic yellow vein virus (BNYVV), especially damaging to sugar beet. Infected plants may remain…

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