List of almond diseases
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Bacterial diseases
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| Almond leaf scorch | Xylella fastidiosa Xylella fastidiosa Xylella fastidiosa, a bacterium in the class Gammaproteobacteria, is an important plant pathogen that causes phoney peach disease in the southern United States, oleander leaf scorch, and Pierce's disease, and citrus variegated chlorosis disease in Brazil.-Pierce's disease:Pierce's disease was... |
| Bacterial canker | Pseudomonas syringae Pseudomonas syringae Pseudomonas syringae is a rod shaped, Gram-negative bacterium with polar flagella. It is a plant pathogen which can infect a wide range of plant species, and exists as over 50 different pathovars, all of which are available to legitimate researches via international culture collections such as the... pv. syringae |
| Bacterial hyperplastic canker | Pseudomonas amygdali Pseudomonas amygdali Pseudomonas amygdali is a Gram-negative plant pathogenic bacterium. It is named after its ability to cause disease on almond trees. Based on 16S rRNA analysis, P. amygdali has been placed in the P. syringae group. Following ribotypical analysis several pathovars of Pseudomonas syringae were... |
| Bacterial spot | Xanthomonas campestris Xanthomonas campestris Xanthomonas campestris is a bacterial species that causes a variety of plant diseases. Available from the NCPPB,and other international Culture collections such as ICMP, ATCC, and LMG in a purified form, it is used in the commercial production of a high-molecular-weight polysaccharide - xanthan... pv. pruni |
| Crown gall | Agrobacterium tumefaciens Agrobacterium tumefaciens Agrobacterium tumefaciens is the causal agent of crown gall disease in over 140 species of dicot. It is a rod shaped, Gram negative soil bacterium... |
Fungal diseases
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| Alternaria leaf spot | Alternaria alternata Alternaria alternata Alternaria alternata has been recorded causing leaf spot and other diseases on over 380 host species. It is opportunistic pathogen on numerous hosts causing leaf spots, rots and blights on many plant parts... |
| Almond Anthracnose | Colletotrichum acutatum Colletotrichum acutatum Colletotrichum acutatum is a plant pathogen.- External links :* *... |
| Armillaria root rot | Armillaria mellea Armillaria mellea Armillaria mellea is a plant pathogen and a species of Honey fungus. It causes Armillaria root rot in many plant species. The mushrooms are edible but some people may be intolerant to them. The fungus produces mushrooms around the base of trees it has infected... Rhizomorpha subcorticalis Rhizomorpha subcorticalis Rhizomorpha subcorticalis is a fungus that is a plant pathogen that causes root rot in several species, including strawberries and avocado.- External links :* *... [anamorph] |
| Band canker = Dothiorella canker | Botryosphaeria dothidea Botryosphaeria dothidea Botryosphaeria dothidea is a plant pathogen that causes the formation of cankers on a wide variety of tree species.- External links :**... Dothiorella Dothiorella Dothiorella is a genus of fungi in the family Botryosphaeriaceae. There are 3 subgenera and approximately 322 species.-Species:*Dothiorella aberrans*Dothiorella acaciae*Dothiorella aceris*Dothiorella acervulata... sp. [anamorph] |
| Brown rot | Monilinia fructicola Monilinia fructicola Monilinia fructicola is a species of fungus in the order Helotiales. A plant pathogen, it is the causal agent of brown rot of stone fruits.-Stone Fruit :... Monilinia laxa Monilinia laxa Monilinia laxa is a plant pathogen, which is the causal agent of brown rot of stone fruits. - External links :* *... Monilia sp. [anamorph] |
| Ceratocystis canker | Ceratocystis fimbriata Ceratocystis fimbriata Ceratocystis fimbriata is a fungus and a plant pathogen, attacking such plants as the sweet potato and the tapping panels of the Para rubber tree .- External links :* *... |
| Green fruit rot | Botrytis cinerea Botrytis cinerea Botrytis cinerea is a necrotrophic fungus that affects many plant species, although its most notable hosts may be wine grapes. In viticulture, it is commonly known as botrytis bunch rot; in horticulture, it is usually called grey mould or gray mold.The fungus gives rise to two different kinds of... Botryotinia fuckeliana Botrytis cinerea Botrytis cinerea is a necrotrophic fungus that affects many plant species, although its most notable hosts may be wine grapes. In viticulture, it is commonly known as botrytis bunch rot; in horticulture, it is usually called grey mould or gray mold.The fungus gives rise to two different kinds of... [teleomorph] Monilinia fructicola Monilinia fructicola Monilinia fructicola is a species of fungus in the order Helotiales. A plant pathogen, it is the causal agent of brown rot of stone fruits.-Stone Fruit :... Monilinia laxa Monilinia laxa Monilinia laxa is a plant pathogen, which is the causal agent of brown rot of stone fruits. - External links :* *... Monilia sp. [anamorph] Sclerotinia sclerotiorum Sclerotinia sclerotiorum Sclerotinia sclerotiorum is a plant pathogenic fungus and can cause a disease called white mold if conditions are correct. S. sclerotiorum can also be known as cottony rot, watery soft rot, stem rot, drop, crown rot and blossom blight... |
| Hull rot | Monilinia fructicola Monilinia fructicola Monilinia fructicola is a species of fungus in the order Helotiales. A plant pathogen, it is the causal agent of brown rot of stone fruits.-Stone Fruit :... Monilinia laxa Monilinia laxa Monilinia laxa is a plant pathogen, which is the causal agent of brown rot of stone fruits. - External links :* *... Rhizopus arrhizus Rhizopus arrhizus Rhizopus arrhizus is a fungus of the family Mucoraceae, characterized by sporangiophores that arise from nodes at the point where the rhizoids are formed and by a hemispherical columella... Rhizopus circinans Rhizopus circinans Rhizopus circinans is a plant pathogen.- External links :... Rhizopus stolonifer |
| Leaf blight | Discostroma corticola Discostroma corticola Discostroma corticola is a plant pathogen.- External links :* *... Seimatosporium lichenicola [anamorph] |
| Leaf curl | Taphrina deformans Taphrina deformans Taphrina deformans is a fungus and plant pathogen, one of the causal agents of peach leaf curl, the other being a virus.-Life Cycle:T.deformans infects species of the genus Prunus including P. amygdalus and P. persica . Infected leaves develop a whitish bloom as infection progresses... |
| Leucostoma canker | Leucostoma cincta Leucocytospora cincta [anamorph] Leucostoma persoonii Leucostoma persoonii Leucostoma persoonii is a plant pathogen, which causes perennial canker .- External links :* *... Leucocytospora leucostoma Leucocytospora leucostoma Leucocytospora leucostoma is a plant pathogen.- External links :**... [anamorph] |
| Phomopsis canker and fruit rot | Phomopsis amygdali Fusicoccum amygdali Fusicoccum amygdali Fusicoccum amygdali is a plant pathogen, which often releases a toxin known as fusicoccin that causes the stomata of the plant to open.- External links :* *... |
| Phytophthora root and crown rot | Phytophthora Phytophthora Phytophthora is a genus of plant-damaging Oomycetes , whose member species are capable of causing enormous economic losses on crops worldwide, as well as environmental damage in natural ecosystems. The genus was first described by Heinrich Anton de Bary in 1875... spp. Phytophthora cactorum Phytophthora cactorum Phytophthora cactorum is a plant pathogen that causes root rot on rhododendron and many other species.- External links :* *... Phytophthora cambivora Phytophthora cambivora Phytophthora cambivora is a plant pathogen that causes Ink disease in European Chestnut trees . Ink disease, also caused by Phytophthora cinnamomi, is thought to have been present in Europe since the 18th century and causes chestnut trees to wilt and die, major epidemics occurred during the 19th... Phytophthora cinnamomi Phytophthora cinnamomi Phytophthora cinnamomi is a soil-borne water mould that produces an infection which causes a condition in plants called root rot or dieback. The plant pathogen is one of the world's most invasive species and is present in over 70 countries from around the world.- Life cycle and effects on plants :P... Phytophthora citricola Phytophthora citricola Phytophthora citricola is a plant pathogen. It was first described by Sawada in 1927 when it was isolated from orange trees in present-day Taiwan. It has since been found causing disease on a wide variety of plants and is considered to be cosmopolitan.... Phytophthora citrophthora Phytophthora citrophthora Phytophthora citrophthora is a plant pathogen.-External links:**... Phytophthora cryptogea Phytophthora cryptogea Phytophthora cryptogea is a plant pathogen.- External links :**... Phytophthora drechsleri Phytophthora drechsleri Phytophthora drechsleri is a plant pathogen.- External links :**... Phytophthora megasperma Phytophthora megasperma Phytophthora megasperma is a plant pathogen.- External links :* *... Phytophthora nicotianae Phytophthora nicotianae Phytophthora nicotianae is a plant pathogen. It can be found in the root of Zamioculcas zamiifolia.- External links :* *... Phytophthora syringae Phytophthora syringae Phytophthora syringae is a plant pathogen.- External links :**... |
| Powdery mildew | Podosphaera tridactyla var. tridactyla Podosphaera tridactyla var. tridactyla Podosphaera tridactyla var. tridactyla is a plant pathogen.-External links:* *... Oidium passerinii [anamorph] Sphaerotheca pannosa [anamorph] |
| Red leaf blotch | Polystigma ochraceum |
| Rust = Stone fruit rust | Tranzschelia discolor |
| Scab | Venturia carpophila Venturia carpophila Venturia carpophila is a species of fungus in the Venturiaceae family. A plant pathogen, it causes freckle, black spot, peach scab or black scab of peach. It has a cosmopolitan distribution. The species was described as new to science in 1961 by the Australian mycologist Eileen E. Fisher.... Cladosporium carpophilum [anamorph] |
| Shot hole | Wilsonomyces carpophilus Stigmina carpophila Stigmina carpophila Stigmina carpophila is a plant pathogen.- External links :* *... |
| Silver leaf | Chondrostereum purpureum Chondrostereum purpureum Silver leaf is a fungal disease of trees caused by the fungus plant pathogen Chondrostereum purpureum. It attacks most species of the rose family Rosaceae, particularly the genus Prunus. The disease is progressive and often fatal. The common name is taken from the progressive silvering of leaves on... |
| Verticillium wilt | Verticillium dahliae Verticillium dahliae Verticillium dahliae is a fungal plant pathogen. It causes verticillium wilt in many plant species, causing leaves to curl and discolor. It may cause death in some plants.- External links :* *... |
Nematodes, parasitic
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| Dagger nematode | Xiphinema americanum Xiphinema americanum Xiphinema americanum is a plant pathogenic nematode. It is one of many species that belongs to the genus Xiphinema. It was first described by N. A. Cobb in 1913, who found it on both sides of the United States on the roots of grass, corn, and citrus trees. Not only is Xiphinema americanum known to... |
| Ring nematode | Mesocriconema xenoplax Mesocriconema xenoplax Mesocriconema xenoplax is a plant pathogenic nematode.- External links :*... |
| Root-knot nematode | Meloidogyne arenaria Meloidogyne arenaria Meloidogyne arenaria is a plant pathogenic nematode.- External links :*... Meloidogyne hapla Meloidogyne incognita Meloidogyne incognita The Meloidogyne incognita is a nematode, a type of roundworm, in the family Heteroderidae. It is an important plant parasite classified in parasitology as a root-knot nematode, as it prefers to attack the root of its host plant.... Meloidogyne javanica Meloidogyne javanica Meloidogyne javanica is a plant pathogenic nematode. It is one of the tropical Root-knot Nematodes and a major agricultural pest in many countries. Meloidogyne javanica reproduces by obligatory mitotic parthenogenesis .- External links :*... |
| Root-lesion nematode | Pratylenchus penetrans Pratylenchus penetrans Pratylenchus penetrans is a plant pathogenic nematode.- External links :*... Pratylenchus dulscus |
Viral diseases
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| Calico | genus Ilarvirus Ilarvirus Ilarvirus is a genus of viruses.-External links:*... , Prunus necrotic ring spot virus (PNRSV) |
| Enation | genus Nepovirus Nepovirus Nepoviruses or nematode transmitted polyhedral viruses, are a genus of plant viruses of the family Secoviridae and subfamily Comovirinae... , Tomato black ring virus Tomato black ring virus Tomato black ring virus is a plant pathogenic virus of the family Comoviridae.-External links:**... (TBRV) |
| Infectious bud failure | genus Ilarvirus Ilarvirus Ilarvirus is a genus of viruses.-External links:*... , Prunus necrotic ring spot virus (PNRSV) |
| Peach mosaic | Cherry mottle leaf virus Cherry mottle leaf virus Cherry mottle leaf virus is a plant pathogenic virus causing leaf rot.-External links:**... |
| Peach yellow bud mosaic | genus Nepovirus Nepovirus Nepoviruses or nematode transmitted polyhedral viruses, are a genus of plant viruses of the family Secoviridae and subfamily Comovirinae... , Tomato ringspot virus Tomato ringspot virus Tomato ringspot virus is a plant pathogenic virus of the family Comoviridae. It affects tomatoes.-External links:* Descriptions of Plant Viruses: **... (ToRSV) |
Phytoplasmal diseases
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| Almond brown line and decline | Peach yellow leaf roll phytoplasma |
| Almond kernel shrivel | Peach yellow leaf roll phytoplasma |
| European stone fruit yellows | European stone fruit yellows phytoplasma |
| Western X disease | Western-X phytoplasma |
Miscellaneous diseases and disorders
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| Bryobia mite | insect infestation |
| Corky growth (on leaves) | Physiological |
| Corky spot (on kernels) | Unknown |
| Foamy canker | Unknown |
| Fusarium root rot | Fusarium spp. |
| Noninfectious bud failure = Crazy top | Genetic |
| Nonproductive syndrome = Bull trees | Unkno |
| Pythium root rot | Pythium spp. |
| Union mild etch | Unknown |