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PLANT PROTECTION 1 – Pests, Diseases and Weeds

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<strong>PLANT</strong> <strong>PROTECTION</strong> 1 – <strong>Pests</strong>, <strong>Diseases</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Weeds</strong><br />

LIST OF SOME<br />

FUNGAL DISEASES<br />

COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME HOST RANGE<br />

(not exhaustive)<br />

(contd) PHYLUM ASCOMYCOTA, IMPERFECT FUNGI (contd)<br />

Conidia in an acervulus<br />

Powdery mildew<br />

mycelium sending<br />

haustoria into cells of<br />

Powdery mildew,<br />

spores in perithecium<br />

Not known<br />

in Australia<br />

CANKERS<br />

Botryosphaeria<br />

canker, bunch rot, etc<br />

Cypress canker<br />

LEAF CURLS<br />

Leaf blister<br />

Peach leaf curl<br />

LEAF SPOTS<br />

Leaf spots<br />

Black spot<br />

Black spot<br />

Black spot (scab)<br />

Black spot (scab)<br />

POWDERY MILDEWS<br />

Powdery mildews<br />

Botryosphaeria spp.<br />

Seiridium spp.<br />

Taphrina aurea<br />

T. deformans<br />

Many species, eg<br />

Cercospora beticola<br />

C. h<strong>and</strong>elii<br />

Mycosphaerella fragariae<br />

Mycosphaerella (> 60 spp.)<br />

M. pinodes<br />

Septoria apiicola<br />

Marssonina rosae<br />

Elsinoe ampelina<br />

Venturia inaequalis<br />

V. pyrina<br />

Many genera, eg<br />

Erisyphe graminis<br />

E. pisi<br />

Podosphaera leucotricha<br />

Sphaerotheca pannosa<br />

Erisyphe necator<br />

FRUIT/ POSTHARVEST DISEASES<br />

Many trees, grapevines, stone<br />

<strong>and</strong> pome fruits<br />

Chamaecyparis, Cupressus<br />

Poplar<br />

Stone fruit<br />

Usually host specific, eg<br />

Beet<br />

Azalea<br />

Strawberry<br />

Eucalypts<br />

Pea<br />

Celery<br />

Rose<br />

Grapevine<br />

Apple<br />

Pear<br />

Usually host specific, eg<br />

Cereals, grasses<br />

Pea<br />

Apple<br />

Rose<br />

Grapevines<br />

Bitter rot, stem canker<br />

Brown rot<br />

Glomerella cingulata<br />

Monilinia fructicola<br />

Apple, other trees <strong>and</strong> shrubs<br />

Stone fruit<br />

Fleck Diplocarpon mespli Quince, pear, hawthorn<br />

Freckle Cladosporium carpophilum Stone fruit<br />

Storage rots Aspergillus, Botrytis, Mucor,<br />

Penicillium, Alternaria, etc<br />

Stored fruit, vegetables<br />

ROOT ROTS<br />

Fusarium root/stem rot Fusarium solani Vegetables<br />

Brown patch Bipolaris, Drechslera, etc Turf grasses<br />

Corm rot<br />

Sclerotinia rot<br />

Spring dead spot<br />

Penicillium gladioli<br />

Sclerotinia spp.<br />

Leptosphaeria spp.<br />

Gladiolus<br />

Wide host range<br />

Intensively managed couch<br />

Black root rot Thievaliopsis basicola Damping off, vegetables, etc,<br />

cotton, other hosts<br />

Ashy stem blight, Macrophomina phaseolina Beans, peas, other plants<br />

charcoal rot<br />

Aphanomyces root rot Aphanomyces cochlioides Young plants, eg beet<br />

Take-all<br />

Gaeumannomyces graminis Cereals, various grasses<br />

var. avenae<br />

SCABS<br />

Apple scab<br />

Pear scab<br />

Citrus scab<br />

Venturia inaequalis<br />

V. pyrina<br />

Sphaceloma fawcetti var.<br />

scabiosa<br />

Apple<br />

Pear<br />

Citrus<br />

WILTS<br />

Fusarium wilt Fusarium spp. Wide host range (strains)<br />

Verticillium wilt Verticillium dahliae Wide host range<br />

V. albo-atrum Potato<br />

Dutch elm disease (DED) Ophiostoma ulmi<br />

Elms<br />

MISCELLANEOUS DISEASES<br />

Dollar spot Sclerotinia homeocarpa Turf grasses<br />

Ergot Claviceps spp. Paspalum, rye, cereals, grasses<br />

Eutypa dieback, Eutypa lata<br />

Apricot, grapevine, other<br />

dying arm = E. armeniacea<br />

woody plants<br />

Ink spot Several species Kangaroo paw<br />

Shothole Stigmina carpophila Stone fruit<br />

Sooty mould Capnodium spp.<br />

(non-parasitic)<br />

Yeast sugar rot<br />

Geotrichum c<strong>and</strong>ida<br />

Grows on honeydew secreted<br />

by aphids, lerp, mealybugs,<br />

soft scales, whiteflies<br />

Gerbera, others<br />

Fungal diseases - Biology, identification <strong>and</strong> classification 321

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