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Compendium of Potato Diseases - (PDF, 101 mb) - USAID

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Diagnostic Microbial Structures<br />

Sclerotia<br />

Black - white mold, gray mold, Rhizoctonia, charcoal rot<br />

Purplish black- violet root rot<br />

Very small, black black dot<br />

ran - stem rot<br />

Bacterial Exudate from Vascular Tissue<br />

Abundant, gray -- brown rot<br />

Sparse, white ring rot<br />

Prominent Mycelium in or on Soil<br />

White white mold<br />

White, fanlike-- stem rot<br />

Grayish white ---Rosellinia<br />

Brown, in strands near or on tubers-Xylaria, Armillaria<br />

Entire Plant<br />

Distinct Symptoms Lacking<br />

Unusually large - giant hill<br />

Off-color, poor growth --general nutrient deficiency, several nutrient<br />

i<strong>mb</strong>alances<br />

Bronzing<br />

General or <strong>of</strong> old leaves- photochemical oxidant air pollution,<br />

potassium or zinc deficiency, Fusarium wilt<br />

Of tip leaves psyllid yellows<br />

Upright growth habit - PI.RV in andigena types, PSTVL<br />

Stunting and/or Poor Growth<br />

Beginning in localized areas <strong>of</strong> field --nematodes (cyst, root-knot, false<br />

root-knot, stubby-root, lesion).<br />

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Mild ,o%evere --several virus diseases (PLRV, PVY, PVM,APMV,<br />

TBRV,PSTV, PYDV, BCTV)<br />

Pale light green to yellow leaves, later necrotic -magnesium deficiency<br />

Dark green several mosaic viruses<br />

Early in season---potassium deficiency<br />

Lusterless phosphorus deficiency<br />

Dwarfing BCTV, PYDV, PMTV<br />

Early maturity - several nutritional deficiencies<br />

Lower leaves mature, speckled - photochemical oxidant air pollution<br />

General chlorosis, usually from base upward-Verticillium wilt<br />

Key to Disease<br />

Necrosis<br />

Systemic (top necrosis)-PVX, PAMV,APMV, PVT, TSWV<br />

Defoliation from bottom toward top <strong>of</strong> plant-early blight,<br />

photochemical oxidant air pollution, powdery mildew, pink rot, PVY<br />

Deformed<br />

Internodes shortened<br />

Downward leaf curl -potassium deficiency<br />

Bushy appearance--boron defiiency, PYDV, Fusarium wilts<br />

Spindly, crinkled leaves-chemical injury<br />

Chlorotic to necrotic margins phosphorus deficiency<br />

Numerous stems, bushy-- genetic abnormalities, mycoplasmas<br />

Rosette<br />

At tip-calcium deficiency<br />

With dwarfing-ring rot<br />

Red pigmentation or chlorosis <strong>of</strong> apical leaves, stunting, general<br />

chlorosis, thickening <strong>of</strong> nodes, aerial tubers, vascular necrosis, basal<br />

stem necrosis, or early death--blackleg, Rhizoctonia, mycoplasma,<br />

Fusarium wilts, BCTV, psyllid yellows<br />

Stem<br />

Numerous-coiled sprout<br />

And thin-genetic abnormalities, hair sprout, mycoplasmas, TMV<br />

Stoentlng<br />

Of some stems--TRY<br />

And internodes shortened-PVY, PMTV, PYDV<br />

Lesions Originating Below Ground<br />

Black, extending upward from seed tuber, pith dark, cortical<br />

decay-blackleg, pink rot<br />

Brown-common scab, skiii spot, black dot<br />

Girdling <strong>of</strong> stem- Rhizoctonia<br />

Rot, with dry shredding--Fusarium wilts, mycoplasmas<br />

With prominent gray fungus, mold growth- Rosellinia<br />

Lesions at or Near Soil Surface<br />

Girdliog and collapse, bleached color-heat injury<br />

White pi . -mis at soil line, cross-hatched collapse <strong>of</strong> pith-lightning<br />

injury<br />

No underyling necrosis on stem surface<br />

Red to purple mycelium-violet<br />

Surface<br />

root rot<br />

moldy, white at soil line, watery rot, stem collapse<br />

Late maturity, larger than normal-genetic abnormalitiesRetoprlmylim-oltotrt<br />

Wilt<br />

With drought stre! -nematodes (cyst. root-knot, false root-knot)<br />

Chlorosis, wilt, and early death-- black do., violet root rot. brown rot,<br />

charcoal rot<br />

In groups in the field- -Rosellinia<br />

With vascular discoloration Verticillium wilt, Fusarium wilts<br />

Wilt or chlorosis<br />

Of one stem or on one side <strong>of</strong> leaf, stem, or side <strong>of</strong> plant-brown rot,<br />

Fusarium wilt, Verticillium wilt, ring rot<br />

Of green leaves and stems, later chlorosis and necrosis-ring rot,<br />

brown rot, pink rot, stem rot<br />

Rapid green collapse and death <strong>of</strong> some or all plants in localized areas<br />

<strong>of</strong> field-lightning injury<br />

Black sclerotia--white mold<br />

Tan sclerotia-stem rot<br />

Lesions Above Soil Surface<br />

Epidermis white, underlying tissue usually unaffected-sunscald, hail<br />

injury<br />

Necrosis, black to brown<br />

Extensive--late blight<br />

Restricted in size-early blight<br />

Stippled flecks--powdery mildew<br />

Also <strong>of</strong> petiole, stem brittle-manganese toxicity<br />

Brown necrotic streaks on stems and petioles-PVY, TSWV<br />

At petiole attachment-blackleg, late blight, gray mold<br />

Light brown broad zonation-white mold<br />

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