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

Scleroderris Canker
Disease

Scleroderris Canker

Gremmeniella abietina (Lagerberg) Morelet

Scleroderris canker is a serious fungal disease of pines and several other conifers, caused by Gremmeniella abietina. In the United States it is most…

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Grapevine leafroll disease associated with GLRaV-3
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Grapevine leafroll disease associated with GLRaV-3

Ampelovirus trivitis (grapevine leafroll-associated virus 3; GLRaV-3)

Grapevine leafroll-associated virus 3 (GLRaV-3) is the principal virus associated with grapevine leafroll disease, a serious disorder of wine, table, raisin, and juice grapes.…

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Grapevine fleck disease
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Grapevine fleck disease

Maculavirus vitis

Grapevine fleck disease is caused by Grapevine fleck virus, a phloem-limited virus that is commonly symptomless in Vitis vinifera cultivars and many grape rootstocks.…

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Grapevine Fanleaf Virus
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Grapevine Fanleaf Virus

Nepovirus foliumflabelli (syn. Grapevine fanleaf virus; GFLV)

Grapevine fanleaf virus causes a destructive degeneration disease of grapevines, with distorted fan-shaped leaves, yellow mosaic or vein banding, shortened internodes, poor fruit set,…

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Golovinomyces orontii powdery mildew
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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
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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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Take-All Root Rot
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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)
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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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