List of foliage plant diseases (Gesneriaceae)
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Plant Species

Plant species
Code Scientifice Name Common Name
A Aeschynanthus pulcher lipstick vine
Sa Saintpaulia ionantha African violet
Si Sinningia spp.
Sinningia
Sinningia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Gesneriaceae. It is named after Wilhelm Sinning , a gardener of the Botanische Gärten der Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn...

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Bacterial diseases

Bacterial diseases
Common name Scientific name Plants affected
Bacterial leaf spot Pseudomonas
Pseudomonas
Pseudomonas is a genus of gammaproteobacteria, belonging to the family Pseudomonadaceae containing 191 validly described species.Recently, 16S rRNA sequence analysis has redefined the taxonomy of many bacterial species. As a result, the genus Pseudomonas includes strains formerly classified in the...

spp.
Si
Erwinia blight Erwinia chrysanthemi Sa

Fungal diseases

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|Common name
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|Corynespora leaf spot
||Corynespora cassiicola
Corynespora cassiicola
Corynespora cassiicola is a plant pathogen.- External links :* *...


||A, Sa
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|Gray mold
||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...


||A, Sa, Si
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|Myrothecium leaf spot
||Myrothecium roridum
Myrothecium roridum
Myrothecium roridum is a plant pathogen. Myrotoxin B has been isolated from it.- External links :* *...


||A, Si
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|Phytophthora stem rot
||Phytophthora nicotianae var. parasitica
Phytophthora nicotianae
Phytophthora nicotianae is a plant pathogen. It can be found in the root of Zamioculcas zamiifolia.- External links :* *...



Viral diseases

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|Mosaic
||Tobacco mosaic virus
Tobacco mosaic virus
Tobacco mosaic virus is a positive-sense single stranded RNA virus that infects plants, especially tobacco and other members of the family Solanaceae. The infection causes characteristic patterns on the leaves . TMV was the first virus to be discovered...


||Si
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|Ringspot
||Dahlia ringspot virus
||Si
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|Ringspot
||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: **...


||Si
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|Spotted wilt
||Tomato spotted wilt virus
||Sa,Si
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Nematodes, parasitic

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|Foliar
||Aphelenchoides
Aphelenchoides
Aphelenchoides is a genus of plant pathogenic foliar nematodes.The most important species of these are Aphelenchoides ritzemabosi, the chrysanthemum foliar nematode; Aphelenchoides fragariae, the spring crimp or spring dwarf nematode of strawberry, which also attacks many ornamentals; and...

spp.
||Sa, Si
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