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Diseases of African Violet
(Saintpaulia ionantha Wendl.)

Gary W. Moorman, primary collator (last update 9/21/98)


BACTERIAL DISEASES

Bacterial blight
Erwinia chrysanthemi Burkholder, McFadden & Dimock
Crown gall
Agrobacterium tumefaciens (Smith & Townsend) Conn

FUNGAL DISEASES

Crown rot
Sclerotium rolfsii Sacc.
Cylindrocarpon root rot
Cylindrocarpon destructans (Zinssmeister) Scholten
Fusarium root rot
Fusarium solani (Mart.) Sacc.
Gray mold
Botrytis cinerea Pers. ex Fr.
Leaf spot
Alternaria sp. Nees, nom. cons.
Corynespora cassiicola (Berk. & M. A. Curtis) C. T. Wei
Phytophthora root and crown rot
Phytophthora nicotianae Breda de Haan var. parasitica
     (Dast.) Waterh.
Phytophthora nicotianae Dastur var. nicotianae (Breda de
     Haan) Tucker
Phytophthora cryptogea Peth. & Laff.
Powdery mildew
Oidium sp. Link, nom. cons.
Pythium root rot
Pythium sp. Pringsh., nom. cons.
Rhizoctonia root and crown rot
Rhizoctonia sp. D.C.

VIRUS DISEASES

Leaf etch
Impatiens necrotic spot virus
Mosaic
Anemone mosaic virus

NEMATODES, PARASITIC

Foliar nematode
Aphelenchoides fragariae (Ritzema Bos) Christie
Aphelenchoides ritzemabosi (Schwartz) Steiner & Buhrer
Nematodes
Criconema sp. Hofmänner & Menzel
Helicotylenchus sp. Steiner
Pratylenchus pratensis Filipjev
Paratylenchus projectus Micoletzky
Rotylenchus brachyurus Filipjev
Scutellonema brachyurum Andrassy
Tylenchorynchus sp. Cobb
Root knot
Meloidogyne arenaria (Neal) Chitwood
Meloidogyne hapla Chitwood
Meloidogyne javanica (Treub) Chitwood
Meloidogyne incognita (Kofoid & White) Chitwood

MISCELLANEOUS DISEASES AND DISORDERS

Marginal leaf burn
Overfertilization
Ring spot
Irrigation water temperature much above or below leaf temperature applied to the leaf surface