List of pigeonpea diseases
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Bacterial diseases

Bacterial diseases
Bacterial leaf spot and stem canker 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. cajani
Halo blight
Halo blight
Halo Blight is a bacterial blight disease caused by, Pseudomonas amygdali pv. phaseolicola, in legumes. It causes small brown spots on the leaves with a light coloured edge.-Cause:...

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...

pv. phaseolicola

Fungal diseases

Fungal diseases
Alternaria
Alternaria
Alternaria is a genus of ascomycete fungi. Alternaria species are known as major plant pathogens. They are also common allergens in humans, growing indoors and causing hay fever or hypersensitivity reactions that sometimes lead to asthma...

 blight

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...



Alternaria tenuissima
Alternaria tenuissima
Alternaria tenuissima is a plant pathogen.- External links :* *...

Anthracnose
Colletotrichum cajani

Colletotrichum truncatum
Colletotrichum truncatum
Colletotrichum truncatum is a plant pathogen.Image: http://www.ipmimages.org/browse/detail.cfm?imgnum=1235157- 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...

Botryodiplodia blight
Lasiodiplodia theobromae
Lasiodiplodia theobromae
Lasiodiplodia theobromae is a plant pathogen with a very wide host range. It causes rotting and dieback in most species it infects. On rare occasions it has been found to cause Fungal keratitis. It is a common post harvest fungus disease of citrus known as stem-end rot.- External links :* *...


Botryodiplodia theobromae
Botryosphaeria stem canker
Botryosphaeria xanthocephala

Fusicoccum cajani [anamorph]
Botrytis 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...

Cercoseptoria leaf spot
Cercoseptoria cajanicola
Cercospora leaf spot
Mycovellosiella cajani
Cercospora cajani

Cercospora indica

Cercospora instabilis

Cercospora thirumalacharii
Cladosporium leaf blight
Cladosporium oxysporum
Cladosporium leaf spot
Cladosporium cladosporioides
Cladosporium cladosporioides
Cladosporium cladosporioides is a fungal plant pathogen that affects wheat. It is the source of the series of chemical compounds known as calphostins.- External links :* *...

Collar rot
Sclerotium rolfsii

Athelia rolfsii
Athelia rolfsii
Athelia rolfsii is a corticioid fungus in the family Atheliaceae. It is a facultative plant pathogen and is the causal agent of "southern blight" disease in crops.-Taxonomy:...

[teleomorph]
Corticium rolfsii
Colletotrichum stem canker
Colletotrichum crassipes
Colletotrichum crassipes
Colletotrichum crassipes is a plant pathogen.- External links :* *...

Damping-off
Pythium aphanidermatum
Pythium aphanidermatum
Pythium aphanidermatum is a plant pathogen.- External links :**...



Pythium splendens var. hawaiianum
Dieback and stem canker
Colletotrichum capsici
Colletotrichum capsici
Colletotrichum capsici is a plant pathogen which causes leaf blight on Chlorophytum borivilianum, basil, chickpea and pepper as well as dieback in pigeonpea and anthracnose in poinsettia.- External links :* *...

Diplodia stem canker
Diplodia cajani
Dry root rot
Macrophomina phaseolina
Macrophomina phaseolina
Macrophomina phaseolina is a Botryosphaeriaceae fungus that is a plant pathogen that causes charcoal rot on many plant species including Zea mays and Pinus elliottii.- External links :* *...


Fusarium semitectum
Fusarium seedling rot
Fusarium avenaceum

Fusarium equiseti
Fusarium wilt
Fusarium udum

Gibberella indica [teleomorph]
Macrophomina stem canker
Macrophomina phaseolina
Macrophomina phaseolina
Macrophomina phaseolina is a Botryosphaeriaceae fungus that is a plant pathogen that causes charcoal rot on many plant species including Zea mays and Pinus elliottii.- External links :* *...


Rhizoctonia bataticola
Myrothecium leaf spot
Myrothecium gramineum

Myrothecium roridum
Myrothecium roridum
Myrothecium roridum is a plant pathogen. Myrotoxin B has been isolated from it.- External links :* *...

Neocosmospora root rot
Neocosmospora vasinfecta
Neocosmospora vasinfecta
Neocosmospora vasinfecta is a fungal plant pathogen.-Variations:*Neocosmospora vasinfecta f. africana*Neocosmospora vasinfecta f. vasinfecta*Neocosmospora vasinfecta var. africana*Neocosmospora vasinfecta var. major...

Periconia leaf spot
Periconia byssoides
Phaeoisariopsis leaf spot
Phaeoisariopsis griseola
Phoma stem canker
Phoma cajani
Phyllosticta leaf spot
Phyllosticta cajani
Phytophthora blight
Phytophthora drechsleri f.sp. cajani
Phytophthora root rot and stem blight
Phytophthora drechsleri
Phytophthora drechsleri
Phytophthora drechsleri is a plant pathogen.- External links :**...

Phytophthora Stem Canker
Phytophthora nicotianae var. parasitica
Phytophthora parasitica
Powdery mildew
Leveillula taurica
Leveillula taurica
Leveillula taurica is a plant pathogen.- External links :* *...



Oidiopsis taurica [anamorph]

Ovulariopsis ellipsospora
Rust
Uredo cajani
Sclerotinia stem rot
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...

Seedling or seed rot
Aspergillus flavus
Aspergillus flavus
Aspergillus flavus is a fungus. It is a common mold in the environment, and can cause storage problems in stored grains. It can also be a human pathogen, associated with aspergillosis of the lungs and sometimes causing corneal, otomycotic, and nasoorbital infections. Many strains produce...



Aspergillus niger
Aspergillus niger
Aspergillus niger is a fungus and one of the most common species of the genus Aspergillus. It causes a disease called black mold on certain fruits and vegetables such as grapes, onions, and peanuts, and is a common contaminant of food...

Synchytrium brown gall and wilt
Synchytrium phaseoli-radiati
Synchytrium orange gall
Synchytrium umbilicatum
Web blight
Thanatephorus cucumeris

Rhizoctonia solani
Rhizoctonia solani
Rhizoctonia solani is a plant pathogenic fungus with a wide host range and worldwide distribution. This plant pathogen was discovered more than 100 years ago. Rhizoctonia solani frequently exists as thread-like growth on plants or in culture. Asexual spores are not produced, only the sexual stage...

[anamorph]
Wet leaf rot
Choanephora cucurbitarum
Choanephora cucurbitarum
The fungus Choanephora cucurbitarum is a plant pathogen that causes fruit rot in cucurbit.- External links :* *...

Wet root rot
Damping off
Damping off is the term used for a number of different fungus-caused ailments that can kill seeds or seedlings before or after they germinate....


Rhizoctonia solani
Rhizoctonia solani
Rhizoctonia solani is a plant pathogenic fungus with a wide host range and worldwide distribution. This plant pathogen was discovered more than 100 years ago. Rhizoctonia solani frequently exists as thread-like growth on plants or in culture. Asexual spores are not produced, only the sexual stage...



Thanatephorus cucumeris [teleomorph]

Nematodes, parasitic

Nematodes, parasitic
Dirty root (reniform nematode) Rotylenchulus reniformis
Rotylenchulus reniformis
-History and significance:Rotylenchulus reniformis is a plant parasite nematode with a worldwide distribution in the tropical and subtropical regions. This nematode has a wide host range infecting plants in many species around the word. It belongs to the Family Hoplolaimidae; it was first...

Lance nematode
Aphasmatylenchus

Hoplolaimus seinhorsti
Hoplolaimus seinhorsti
Hoplolaimus seinhorsti is a plant pathogenic nematode.- External links :*...

Pearly root (cyst nematode)
Heterodera cajani
Heterodera cajani
Heterodera cajani is a plant pathogenic nematode, who is cited as an invasive species....

Root-knot (root-knot nematode)
Meloidogyne acronea
Meloidogyne acronea
Meloidogyne acronea is a plant pathogenic nematode, and also an invasive species.-References:...



Meloidogyne arenaria
Meloidogyne arenaria
Meloidogyne arenaria is a plant pathogenic nematode.- External links :*...



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 :*...


Viral diseases

Viral diseases
Arhar mosaic Arhar mosaic virus
Foliar vein yellowing Rhabdovirus
Mild 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...

Mosaic Alfalfa mosaic virus
Alfalfa mosaic virus
Alfalfa mosaic virus , also known as Lucerne mosaic virus or Potato calico virus, is a worldwide distributed phytopathogen that can lead to necrosis and yellow mosaics on a large variety of plant species, including commercially important crops. It is the only Alfamovirus of the Bromoviridae...



Cowpea mosaic virus
Cowpea mosaic virus
Cowpea mosaic virus is a plant virus of the comovirus group. Infection of a susceptible cowpea leaf results in high virus yields . Its Genome consists of 2 molecules of positive-sense RNA which are separately encapsidated. Both RNA1 and RNA2 have a VPg at the 5'end, and polyadenylation at the...

Phyllody Mycoplasma-like organism
Rhynchosia little leaf Mycoplasma-like organism
Rhynchosia Mosaic Rosette

Mycoplasma-like organism

Virus (most likely)
Sterility mosaic Unknown
Witches' broom Mycoplasma-like organism
Yellow mosaic Mung bean yellow mosaic virus
Mung bean yellow mosaic virus
Mung bean yellow mosaic virus is a plant pathogenic virus of the family Geminiviridae.Of the various viral diseases inflicting legume crops, Mungbean Yellow Mosaic disease is one of the most destructive and widely distributed. The disease has been reported from various countries...


Miscellaneous diseases and disorders

Miscellaneous diseases and disorders
Marginal leaf burn Salinity injury (most likely)
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