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Diseases of Passionfruit (Passiflora spp.)

José R. Liberato and F. Murilo Zerbini, primary collators


BACTERIAL DISEASES

Bacterial blight
Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. passiflorae (Pereira) Gonçalves & Rosato
= X. campestris pv. passiflorae (Pereira) Dye
Bacterial wilt
Ralstonia solanacearum (E. F. Smith) Yabuuchi et al.
Bacterial grease-spot
Pseudomonas syringae pv. passiflorae (Reid) Young et al.
Crown gall
Agrobacterium tumefaciens (Smith & Townsend) Conn
= Rhizobium radiobacter (Beijerinck & van Delden) Young et al.

FUNGAL DISEASES

Anthracnose
Glomerella cingulata (Stoneman) Spauld. & H. Schrenk
    Colletotrichum gloeosporioides (Penz.) Penz. & Sacc. in Penz. [anamorph]
Black root rot
Thielaviopsis basicola (Berk. & Broome) Ferraris
Botrytis fruit rot
Botrytis cinerea Pers.:Fr.
Brown spot
Alternaria passiflorae J. H. Simmonds
A. alternata (Fr.:Fr.) Keissl.
= A. tenuis Nees
A. macrospora Zimmerm.
A. tenuíssima (Kunze:Fr.) Wiltshire
= A. tomato (Cooke) G. F. Weber
Cercospora spot
Mycovellosiella biformis (Peck) U. Braun
= Cercospora biformis Peck
Pseudocercospora calospilea (Syd.) Deighton
= Cercospora calospilea Syd.
Pseudocercospora fusco-virens (Sacc.) Y. L. Guo & X. J. Liu
= Cercospora fusco-virens Sacc.
Cercospora granadillae Chupp
Cercospora passiflorae Muller & Chupp
Cercospora passifloricola Chupp
Cercosporina regalis (Tharp) Sacc.
= Cercospora regalis Tharp
Cercospora truncatella Atk.
Damping-off
Rhizoctonia solani Kühn
    Thanatephorus cucumeris (A. B. Frank) Donk [teleomorph]
Fusarium root rot
Nectria haematococca Berk. & Broome
    Fusarium solani (Mart.) Appel & Wollenweb. emend.
    W. C. Snyder & H. N. Hansen [anamorph]
Fusarium wilt
Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. passiflorae W. L. Gordon apud G. S. Purss
Internal fruit rot
Aspergillus niger Tiegh.
Lasiodiplodia fruit rot
Lasiodiplodia theobromae (Pat.) Griffon & Maubl.
Phytophthora blight and root rot
Phytophthora nicotianae Breda de Haan
= P. parasitica Dastur
Phytophthora root rot
Phytophthora cinnamomi Rands
Powdery mildew
Leveillula taurica (Lév.) G. Arnaud
Ovulariopsis sp.
Oidium sp.
Pythium root rot
Pythium aphanidermatum (Edson) Fitzp.
Pythium splendens H. Braun
Rhizopus flower rot
Rhizopus stolonifer (Ehrenb.:Fr.) Vuill.
Rust
Puccinia scleriae (Pazschke) Arth.
P. scleriicola Arthur
Scab
Cladosporium cladosporioides (Fresen.) G. A. de Vries
C. herbarum (Pers.:Fr.) Link
C. maracuja Viégas
Sclerotinia rot
Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) de Bary
Seedlings blight
Cladosporium oxysporum Berk. & M. A. Curtis
Septoria spot
Septoria fructigena Berk. & M. A. Curtis
S. passiflorae Syd.
S. passifloricola Punith.
= S. passiflorae Louw

POSTHARVEST DISEASES

Anthracnose
Glomerella cingulata (Stoneman) Spauld. & H. Schrenk
    Colletotrichum gloeosporioides (Penz.) Penz. & Sacc. in Penz. [anamorph]
Lasiodiplodia fruit rot
Lasiodiplodia theobromae (Pat.) Griffon & Maubl.
Phomopsis fruit rot
Phomopsis tersa (Sacc.) B. Sutton
= Phoma tersa Sacc.
Sphaeropsis fruit rot
Sphaeropsis sp.

PARASITIC NEMATODES

Reniform nematode
Rotylenchulus reniformis Linford & Oliveira
Root-knot nematode
Meloidogyne acrita Chitwood
M. arenaria (Neal) Chitwood
M. incognita (Kofoid & White) Chitwood
M. javanica (Treub) Chitwood
Foliar nematode
Aphelenchoides ritzemabosi (Schwartz) Steiner & Buhrer
Other nematodes
Aorolaimus holdemani (Sher) Fortuner
Aphelenchoides sp.
Aphelenchus avenae Bastian
Criconemella onoensis (Luc) Luc & Raski
Diphtherophora sp.
Ditylenchus sp.
Dolichodorus minor Loof & Sharma
Helicotylenchus dihystera (Cobb) Sher
H. pseudorobustus (Steiner) Golden
Monotrichodorus monohystera (Allen) Andrássy
Paratylenchus sp.
P. crenatus Loof
P. penetrans (Cobb) Filipjev & Stekhoven
P. zeae Graham
Trichodorus sp.
Tylenchorhynchus phaseoli Sethi & Swarup
Tylenchus sp.
Xiphidorus yepesara Monteiro
Xiphinema paritaliae Loof & Sharma
X. surinamense Loof & Maas
Zygotylenchus guevarai (Tobar Jiménez) Braun & Loof

VIRUS DISEASES

Crinkle
candidate Potyvirus, Passion fruit crinkle virus (PCV)
Green spot
candidate Rhabdoviridae (unassigned genus), Passion fruit green spot virus (PGSV)
Latent virus
genus Carlavirus, Passiflora latent virus (PLV)*
Mottle
candidate Potyvirus, Sri Lankan passion fruit mottle virus (SLPMoV)
candidate Potyvirus, Passion fruit mottle virus (PFMoV)
Mosaic
genus Cucumovirus, Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV)*
genus Potyvirus, Soybean mosaic virus (SMV)*
candidate Potyvirus, Passiflora ringspot virus (PFRSV)
= Passion fruit ringspot virus
candidate Tobamovirus, Maracuja mosaic virus (MarMV)
unassigned genus, Purple granadilla mosaic virus (PGMV)
Tip necrosis
Results from dual infection with CMV and PWV; neither virus alone causes the disease
Vein clearing
candidate Rhabdoviridae (unassigned genus), Passion fruit vein clearing virus (PVCV)
Woodiness
genus Potyvirus, Cowpea aphid-borne mosaic virus (CABMV)*
= South African passiflora virus, SAPV
genus Potyvirus, Passionfruit woodiness virus (PWV)*
= Passiflora chlorotic spot virus; = Passiflora mosaic virus;
    probably = Passion fruit mosaic virus
Yellow mosaic
genus Tymovirus, Passion fruit yellow mosaic virus (PFYMV)*
Other viruses
genus Nepovirus, Tomato ringspot virus (ToRSV)*
genus Tobamovirus, Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV)*
candidate Begomovirus, Giant granadilla malformation virus

PHYTOPLASMA DISEASES

Witches’-broom
Phytoplasma


*Approved species by the ICTV (International Committee of Taxonomy Viruses)


Pathogen names are current as of the last update.


For information on fungal nomenclature, see
http://nt.ars-grin.gov/

For information on bacterial nomenclature, see
http://www.dsmz.de/bactnom/bactname.htm

For information on viral nomenclature, see
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ICTVdb/Ictv/index.htm and http://www.image.fs.uidaho.edu/vide/refs.htm