PATH - 365

Course no. - PATH - 365(New)                                                                          Credit - 3(2+1)

Course title - Diseases of Field and Horticultural crops and their management - II

Sr.

No.

Crop name

Disease name

Causal agent

P. I

S. I

A)

Field crops

1.

Wheat

Rusts

 

 

 

a. Black/stem

rust

Puccinia graminis

tritici

 

Urediospores present in plant debris

 

Teliospores through air

b. Brown/leaf rust

Puccinia recondita

c. Yellow/stripe

rust

Puccinia striformis

Loose smut

Ustilago nuda

Infected grains

Teliospores

through wind

Karnal bunt

Neovossia indica

Teliospoes in plant

infected seeds

Air borne sporidia

Powdery mildew

Bumeria graminis

Dormant mycelium

in plant debris

Wind borne

conidia

Alternaria blight

Alternaria triticina

Infected seeds,

plant debris

Wind borne

conidia

Ear cockle

Anguina tritici

Infected seeds

Irrigation water

Leaf blotch

Septoria tritici

Plant debris

Air borne conidia

2.

Sugarcane

Red rot

Colletotrichum

falcatum

Infected sets

Irrigation water

Whip smut

Ustilago scitaminea

Sclerotia present in

contaminated seeds

Wind / rain splash

Wilt

Cephalosporium

sacchari

Soil and infected

sets

Wind, rain and

irrigation water

Grassy shoot

MLO/Phytoplasma

Infected setts

Vector - Aphid

Ratoon stunting

Clavibacter xyli

Infected setts

Harvesting

implements

Pokka boeng

Fusarium moniliformae f. sp.

xyli

Chlamydospores

from infected plant debris

Ascospores through air

B)

Oil seed crops

3.

Sunflower

Sclerotinia stem rot

Sclerotium rolfsii

Sclerotia or plant

debris

Irrigation water,

farm implements

Alternaria blight

Alternaria helianthi

Infected seeds,

plant debris & weed hosts

Wind borne conidia


 

 

 

Rust

Puccinia helianthi

Urediospores present in plant

debris

Teliospores through air

Downy mildew

Plasmopara halstidii

Oospores in soil

Wind borne

sporangia and zoospores

Mossaic

Sunflower mosaic

virus

Virus particles in

infected seeds

Vector -White fly

(Bemissia tabaci)

Necrosis

Sunflower necrosis

virus/ Tobacco streak virus

Sap transmissible

Vector - Thrips (Thrips tabaci)

Powdery mildew

Erysiphae

cichoracearum

Ascospores in plant

debris

Wind borne

conidia

4.

Mustard

Alternaria blight

Alternaria brassicae

Infected plant

debris

Air borne conidia

White rust

Albugo candida

Oospores in plant

debris

Zoospores &

sporangia

Downy mildew

Perenospora

parasitica

Oospores in plant

debris

Zoospores &

sporangia

Sclerotinia stem rot

Sclerotinia sclerotium

Sclerotial bodies as seed contaminants

& in soil

Irrigation water & farm implements

C)

Pulses

5.

Gram

Wilt

Fusarim oxysporum f.

sp.ciceri

Chlamydospores in

soil

Irrigation water &

farm implements

Grey mould

Botrytis cinera

Sclerotial bodies as

seed contaminants

Air borne spores

Ascochyta blight

Ascochyta rabici

Pycnidia present in

plant debris

Air borne conidia

Stem rot or root rot

Rhizoctonia bataticola

Sclerotial bodies as seed contaminants

& in soil

Irrigation water & farm implements

Stunt disease

Chick pea stunt virus

Infected plants

Vector - Aphid

(A.craccivora)

6.

Pea

Downy mildew

Perenospora vicae

Oospores in plant

debris

Zoospores &

sporangia

Powdery mildew

Erysiphae pisi

Dormant mycelium & Pycnidia in infected plant debris

Wind borne conidia


 

 

 

Rust

Uromyces rabae

Urediospores present in plant

debris

Teliospores through air

Wilt

Fusarium oxysporum

f..sp pisi.

Chlamydospores in

soil

Irrigation water &

farm implements

7.

Lentil

Rust

Uromyces fabae

Urediospores present in plant

debris

Teliospores through air

Wilt

Fusarium oxysporum

Chlamydospores in

soil

Irrigation water &

farm implements

8.

Linseed

Rust

Melamspora lini

Urediospores present in plant

debris

Teliospores through air

Alternaria bud

blight

Alternaria lini

Infected plant

debris

Air borne conidia

Powdery mildew

Oidium lini

Dormant mycelium & Pycnidia in infected plant

debris

Wind borne conidia

Cercospora leaf

blight

Cercospora gossypina

Infected plant

debris

Air borne conidia

Alternaria leaf spot

Alternaria

melamspora

Infected plant

debris

Air borne conidia

Verticilium wilt

Verticilium dahlae

Sclerotia &

dormant mycelium

Air borne conidia

D)

Cash crop

9.

Cotton

Root rot

Rhizoctonia bataticola

Sclerotial bodies as seed contaminants

& in soil

Irrigation water & farm implements

Vascular wilt

Fusarium oxysporum

f.sp. vasinfectum

Chlamydospores in

soil

Irrigation water &

farm implements

Anthracnose

Colletotrichum capsici

Infected plant

debris

Air borne conidia

Black arm/Angular leaf spot

Xanthomonas

axonopodis pv. malvacearum

Bacterial cells in infected seeds

Wind & rain splash

Dahiya disease/

Grey mildew

Mycospharela areola

Infected plant

debris

Air borne conidia

Leaf curl

Cotton leaf curl virus

On alternate host

Vector - White fly (B. tabaci)


 

 

 

2-4-D Injury

Post emergence application of 2, 4 -D

herbicide

 

-

 

-

Redening/lalya

Mg deficiency

-

-

 

Rust

Phakospora gossypii

Urediospores

present in plant debris

Teliospores through air

Helminthosporium

leaf spot

Helminthosporium

gossypii

Infected seeds

Air borne conidia

Boll rot

Fusarium

moniliformae

Infected bolls

Rain        splashes,

insects

Leaf spot

Alternaria

macrospora

Infected plant

debris

Air borne conidia

E)

Horticultural crops

10.

Mango

Die back

Botrioshaeria rhodina

Infected plant

debris

Air borne conidia

Anthracnose

Colletotrichum

gleosporioides

Infected plant

debris

Air borne conidia

Mango- malformation

Fusarium moniliformae

Chlamydospores in soil

Wind borne & Mite disseminated micro and macro

conidia

Bacterial blight

Pseudomonas syringae

Infected plant debris

Bacterial cells through rain

splashes

Powdery mildew

Oidium mangiferae

Dormant mycelium & Pycnidia in infected plant

debris

Wind borne conidia

Spongy tissue

Post harvest

physiological disorder

 

-

 

-

Red rust (algal disease)

Cephaleurus virescens

Algal filaments & sporangia in infected plant

debris

Rain splash sporangia & zoospores

Pink diseases

Corticum

salmonicolor

Dormant mycelium

in bark, stem

Conidia through

rain splashes

Loranthus or giant

mistletoes

Loranthus sp.

Seeds disseminated by birds on the stem

of host plant

Stone graft

mortality

Fusarium oxysporum

Chlamydospores in

soil

Irrigation water &

farm implements


 

 

 

Lime induced

chlorosis

Lime deficiency

-

-

Sooty mould

Capnodium ramosums

Dormant mycelium

in plant debris

Wind borne

conidia

11.

Citrus

Gummosis

Phytopthora sp.(P.palmivora, P. citropthora, P. asiaticus, P. nicotianae, P.

parasitica, P syringe )

Oospores & dormant mycelium in infected stem and plant parts

Sporangia & zoospores by rain splash and irrigation water

Citrus canker

Xanthomonas oxanopodis pv. Citri

Bacterial cells in infected plant parts

Autonomous dispersal through

infected seedlings

Fruit rot

Alternaria citri

Infected plant

debris

Air borne conidia

Citrus greening

Liberibacter asiaticus

Bacterial cells

through bud woods & grafts

Vector - Citrus

Psylla (Diaphorina citri)

Anthracnose

Colletotrichum

gloeosporioides

Infected plant

debris

Air borne conidia

Tristeza

Citrus tristeza virus

Infected bud woods & grafts

Vector - Aphid (Toxoptera

citricida)

Citrus exocortis

Viroid (infectious entity smaller than virus, consist only nucleic acid without

protein coat)

Infected bud woods & grafts

Vector - sap sucking insects

Scab of citrus

Elsinoe fawceti

Infected plant parts

Rain splash & wind borne

conidia

Mottle leaf of

citrus

Zinc deficiency

 

-

 

-

Dry root rot

Fusarium solani

Chlamydospores in

soil

Irrigation water &

farm implements

12.

Grape vine

Downy mildew

Plasmopara viticola

Oospores in plant

debris

Zoospores &

sporangia

Powdery mildew

Uncinula necator

Dormant mycelium

& Pycnidia in infected plant

Wind borne conidia


 

 

 

 

 

debris

 

Anthracnose/

bird eye spot

Elsinoe ampelina

Infected plant

debris

Air borne conidia

Bacterial canker

Pseudomonas viticola

Bacterial cells in infected plant parts

Autonomous dispersal through

infected seedlings

Grapevine fan-leaf

Grapevine fan leaf virus

Virus present in planting materials

Vector - Nematode (Xiphenema

index)

Alternaria leaf spot

Alternaria vitis

Infected plant

debris

Wind borne

conidia

 

 

Rust

Phakospora euvitis

Teliospores in plant

debris, aeciospores on alternate host

Wind borne spores

13.

Peach

Leaf curl

Taphrina maculans

Infected plant

debris

Wind borne

conidia

14.

Apple

Scab

Venturia inaequalis

Ascospores in

infected leaves

Wind borne

conidia

Powdery mildew

Podospharea leucotricha

Dormant mycelium & pycnidia in infected plant

debris

Wind borne conidia

Fire blight

Erwinia amylovora

Bacterial cells in buds and woody

tissues

Vector- bees, flies and ants

Crown gall

Agrobacterium

tumefaciens

Bacteria enters

through injury

Irrigation water,

farm implements

Mosaic

Apple mosaic virus

 

 

14.

Strawberr

y

Leaf spot

Mycospharella

fragriae

Infected plant

debris

Air borne conidia

F)

Vegetables

15.

Potato

Early blight

Alternaria solani

Infected plant

debris

Wind borne

conidia

Late blight

Phytopthora infestans

Oospores in soil

Wind borne sporangia &

zoospores

Black scurf/Stem canker

Rhizoctonia solani

Sclerotia present in soil

Mycelium through irrigation water & farm

implements


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Leaf roll

Potato leaf roll virus

Virus particles in

infected tubers

Vector - Aphid

(Myzus persicae)

Mosaic

Potato virus X & Y

Virus particles in infected tubers

Mechanically through farm

implements

Potato scab

Streptomyces scabies

Dormant mycelium in seed tubers & in

soil

Rain splash & irrigation water

Soft rot

Erwinia carotovaora

Bacterial cells in

infected tubers

Irrigation water

Brown rot

Ralstonia

solanacearum

Bacterial cells in

infected tubers

Irrigation water

Potato spindle tuber

Viroid (pstvd)

Virus particles in infected tubers

Transmitted by pollen and

beetles, bubs

 

 

Black heart

Oxygen deficiency & High temp. during

field and storage

-

-

16.

Cucurbits

Downy mildew

Pseudoperenospora cubensis

Oospores in soil

Wind borne sporangia and

zoospores

Powdery mildew

Erysiphae cichoracearum

Dormant mycelium & pycnidia in infected plant

debris

Wind borne conidia

Wilt

Fusarium oxysporium

f.sp.cubens

Chlamydospores in

soil

Irrigation water &

farm implements

Angular leaf spot

Pseudomonas

syringae

Bacterial cells in

infected seeds

Wind & rain

splash

Mosaic

Cucumber mosaic virus

Virus particles on

weed & collateral hosts

Vector - Aphid

(A. craccivora) & beetles

Tospo

Tospo virus

On alternate host

Watermelon, pumkin, cucumber

Vector - Thrips (Thrips tabaci)

Cercospora leaf spot

Cercospora citrulina

Dormant mycelium in infected plant

debris

Wind borne conidia

17.

Onion

Purple blotch

Alternaria porri

Infected plant

debris

Air borne conidia

Stemphylium

Stemphylium

Infected plant

Air borne conidia


 

 

 

blight

vesicarium

debris

 

Downy mildew

Perenospora

destructor

Oospores in plant

debris

Zoospores &

sporangia

Smut

Uromyces cepulae

Spore bolls in soil

& seed bulbs

Wind & irrigation

water

Smudge

Colletotrichum

cercinans

Infected plant

debris

Air borne conidia

Erwinia rot

Erwinia carotovara

Infected plant

debris

Irrigation water,

rain splash

18.

Garlic

Neck and bulb rot

Botritis alli

Sclerotial bodies as

seed contaminants

Air borne spores

Stemphylium

blight

Stemphilium vesicolor

Infected plant

debris

Air borne conidia

Blemish

 

 

 

Black mould

Aspergillus niger

Infected seed scales

Air, water borne

conidia

19.

Chilli

Anthracnose and

fruit rot

Colletotrichum capsici

Infected plant

debris

Air borne conidia

Wilt

Fusarium oxysporym

Chlamydospores in

soil

Irrigation water &

farm implements

Leaf curl

Gemini virus

Infested plants &

alternate hosts

Vector - White

fly

Powdery mildew

Levellula taurica

Dormant mycelium & pycnidia in infected plant

debris

Wind borne conidia

Damping off

Pythium

aphanedermatum

Oospores in soil

Irrigation water &

farm implements

Wet rot

Choanophora

cucurbitarum

Zoospores in seed

& crop debris

Irrigation water

Mosaic complex

CucumberMosaic Virus & Tobacco

Mosaic Virus

Externally seed borne

Mechanically

Cercospora leaf spot

Cercospora capsici

Dormant mycelium

in plant parts

Wind borne

conidia

Bacterial leaf spot

X. compestris pv.

versicola

Infested seeds

Rain splash

20.

Coriander

Stem gall

Protomyces macrosporus

Ascospores & Chlamydospores in

soil

Irrigation water & farm implements

Powdery mildew

Erysiphae polygoni

Dormant mycelium & Pycnidia in

infected plant

Wind borne conidia


 

 

 

 

 

debris

 

Wilt

Fusarium oxysporum

Chlamydospores in

soil

Irrigation water &

farm implements

21.

Turmeric

Leaf spot

Colletotrichum capsici

Infected plant

debris

Air borne conidia

G)

Ornamental crops

22.

Marigold

Botrytis blight

Botrytis cinera

Sclerotial bodies in

soil

Irrigation water &

farm implements

Alternaria blight

Alternaria tagetica

Infected plant

debris

Air borne conidia

Powdery mildew

Levellula taurica

Dormant mycelium & pycnidia in infected plant

debris

Wind borne conidia

23.

Rose

Dieback

Botryodoplodia

theobromae

Pycnidia on

diseased twigs

Wind borne

conidia

Powdery mildew

Sphacelotheca pannosa var. rosae

Dormant mycelium & Pycnidia in infected plant

debris

Wind borne conidia

Black leaf spot

Diplocarpon rosae

Infected plant

debris

Air borne conidia

Crown gall

Agrobacterium

tumefaciens

Infected soil &

plant debris

Irrigation water &

Rain splashes

Rust

Phragnidum mucronatum

Urediospores present in plant

debris

Teliospores through air

Alternaria leaf

blight

Alternaria alternata

Infected plant

debris

Air borne conidia