List of foliage plant diseases (Cactaceae)
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Plant Species
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| C | Cereus spp. Cereus Cereus is a genus of cactus. The term cereus is also used to describe cacti with very elongated bodies, including columnar growth cacti and epiphytic cacti... |
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| R | Rhipsalidopsis gaertneri | Easter cactus |
| S | Schlumbergera Schlumbergera Schlumbergera is a genus of cactus from the coastal mountains of south-eastern Brazil. Plants grow on trees or rocks in habitats which are generally shady with high humidity and can be quite different in appearance from their desert-dwelling cousins... cultivars |
Thanksgiving cactus, Christmas cactus and many others |
Bacterial diseases
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| Common name | Scientific name | Plants affected |
| Soft rot | Erwinia carotovora Erwinia carotovora Pectobacterium carotovorum is a bacterium of the family Enterobacteriaceae, which is a plant pathogen with a diverse host range. It causes soft rot and blackleg of potato and vegetables as well as slime flux on many different tree species.... subsp. carotovora |
C,R,S |
Fungal diseases
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| Common name | Scientific name | Plants affected |
| Colletotrichum stem rot | Colletotrichum gloeosporioides | Many cacti |
| Fusarium stem rot | Fusarium oxysporum Fusarium oxysporum Fusarium oxysporum Schlecht. as emended by Snyder and Hansen comprises all the species, varieties and forms recognized by Wollenweber and Reinking within an infrageneric grouping called section Elegans... |
R, S |
| Helminthosporium stem rot, shattering | Bipolaris cactivora Bipolaris cactivora Bipolaris cactivora is a plant pathogen cactus stem rot and pitaya fruit rot.- External links :* *... = Helminthosporium cactivorum |
C,R,S |
Nematodes, parasitic
{| class="wikitable" style="clear"! colspan=3| Nematodes, parasitic
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|Cactus cyst nematode
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Cactodera cacti
Viral diseases
{| class="wikitable" style="clear"! colspan=3| Viral diseases
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|Common name
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|Cactus virus X
||Cactus virus X
Cactus virus X
Cactus virus X is a plant pathogenic virus of the family Flexiviridae.-External links:**...
||Many cacti
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