D. P. Weingartner and W. J. Hooker, primary collators, updated by Walter R. Stevenson (last update 10/29/01)
BACTERIAL DISEASES
- Bacterial wilt = brown rot
- Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith 1896) Yabuuchi et al. 1996
- = Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith 1896) Smith 1914
- Blackleg and bacterial soft rot
- Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. atrosepticum (van Hall
1902) Hauben et al. 1999
- = Erwinia carotovora subsp. atroseptica (van Hall 1902)
Dye 1969
- Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. carotovorum (Jones
1901) Hauben et al. 1999
- = E. carotovora subsp. carotovora (Jones 1901) Bergey et
al. 1923
- Pectobacterium chrysanthemi (Burkholder et al. 1953)
Brenner et al. 1973 emend. Hauben et al. 1998
- = E. chrysanthemi Burkholder et al. 1953
- Pink eye
- Pseudomonas fluorescens Migula 1895
- Ring rot
- Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. sepedonicus
(Spieckermann and Kotthoff 1914) Davis et al. 1984
- = Corynebacterium sepedonicum (Spieckermann and
Kotthoff 1914) Skaptason and Burkholder 1942
- Common scab
- Streptomyces scabiei Lambert and Loria 1989
- = S. scabies (Thaxter) Lambert & Loria
- Streptomyces acidiscabies Lambert and Loria 1989
- Streptomyces turgidiscabies Miyajima et al. 1998
FUNGAL DISEASES
- Black dot
- Colletotrichum coccodes (Wallr.) S. J. Hughes
- = C. atramentarium (Berk. & Broome) Taubenhaus
- Brown spot and Black pit
- Alternaria alternata (Fries.) Keissler
- = A. tenuis Ness.
- Cercospora leaf blotch
- Mycovellosiella concors (Casp.) Deighton
- = Cercospora concors (Casp.) Sacc.
- Cercospora solani Thiim
- C. solani-tuberosi Thirumalachur*
- Charcoal rot
- Macrophomina phaseolina (Tassi) Goidanich
- = M. phaseoli (Maubl.)
- Sclerotium bataticola Taubenhaus
- Choanephora blight
- Choanephora cucurbitarum (Berk. & Rav.) Thaxter
- Common rust
- Puccinia pittieriana P. Henn.
- Deforming rust
- Aecidium cantensis Arthur
- Early blight
- Alternaria solani (E&M) Jones & Grout
- Fusarium dry rot
- Fusarium spp.
- F. sambucinum
- Giberella pulicaris (Fr.:Fr.) Sacc. [teleomorph]
- = Fusarium sulphureum Schlechtendahl
- F. solani (Mart.) Sacc. var. coeruleum (Lib. ex Sacc.)
C. Booth
- Other Fusarium spp. include: F. avenaceum (Fr.) Sacc.
- F. oxysporum Schlechtend.:Fr.
- F. culmorum (Wm. G. Sm.) Sacc.
- Less common Fusarium spp. include: F. acuminatum
Ellis & Everh.
- F. equiseti (Corda) Sacc.
- F. crookwellense
- Fusarium wilt
- Fusarium spp.
- F. avenaceum (Fr.) Sacc.
- F. oxysporum Schlechtend.:Fr.
- F. solani f. sp. eumartii (Carp.) Snyd and Hans.
- Gangrene
- Phoma solanicola f. foveata (Foister) Malcolmson
- P. foveata Foister
- = P. exigua var. foveata (Foister) Boerema
- = P. exigua Desm. f. sp. foveata (Foister) Malcolmson &
Gray
- P. exigua Desm. var. exigua (more ubiquitous but weaker
pathogen)
- Gray mold
- Botrytis cinerea Pers.:Fr.
- Botryotinia fuckeliana (de Bary) Whetzel [teleomorph]
- Late blight
- Phytophthora infestans (Mont.) de Bary
- Leak
- Pythium spp.
- Pythium ultimum var. ultimum Trow.
- = P. debaryanum R. Hesse
- Pythium aphanidermatum (Edson) Fitz.
- P. deliense Meurs
- Phoma leaf spot*
- Phoma andigena var. andina Turkensteen
- Pink rot
- Phytophthora spp.
- P. cryptogea Pethybr. & Lafferty
- P. drechsleri Tucker
- P. erythroseptica Pethybr.
- P. megasperma Drechsler
- P. nicotianae van Breda de Haan var. parasitica (Dastur)
Waterhouse
- Pleospora herbarum
- Pleospora herbarum (Pers. ex Fr.) Rabenh.
- Stemphylium herbarum E. Simmons [anamorph]
- Powdery mildew
- Erysiphe cichoracearum DC. ex Merat
- Powdery scab
- Spongospora subterranea (Wallr.) Lagerh. f. sp. subterranea Tomlinson
- Rhizoctonia canker and black scurf
- Rhizoctonia solani Kühn
- Thanatephorus cucumeris (A.B. Frank) Donk
[teleomorph]
- Rosellinia black rot*
- Rosellinia sp.
- Dematophora sp. [anamorph]
- Septoria leaf spot
- Septoria lycopersici Speg. var. malagutii Ciccarone & Boerema
- Silver scurf
- Helminthosporium solani Dur. & Mont.
- Skin spot
- Polyscytalum pustulans (Owen & Wakef.) Ellis
- Stem rot (southern blight)
- Sclerotium rolfsii Sacc.
- Athelia rolfsii (Curzi) Tu & Kimbrough [teleomorph]
- Thecaphora smut
- Angiosorus solani (Barrus) Thirum. & O’Brien
- = Thecaphora solani Barrus
- Ulocladium blight
- Ulocladium atrum Preuss
- Verticillium wilt
- Verticillium albo-atrum Reinke & Berthier
- V. dahliae Kleb.
- Wart
- Synchytrium endobioticum (Schilb.) Perc.
- White mold
- Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) de Bary
NEMATODES, PARASITIC
- Potato cyst, golden nematode
- Globodera rostochiensis (Wollenweber) Mulvey & Stone
- G. pallida (Stone) Mulvey & Stone
- Lesion nematode
- Pratylenchus spp.
- P. brachyurus (Godfrey) Filipjev & Schuurmans-Stekhoven
- P. penetrans (Cobb) Filipjev & Schuurmans-Stekhoven
- Other species include: P. scribneri Steiner
- P. neglectus (Rensch,) Filipjev and Schuurmans Stekhoven
- P. thornei Sher and Allen
- P. crenatus Loof
- P. andinus Lordello, Zamith & Boock
- P. vulnus Allen and Jensen
- P. coffeae Goodey
- Potato rot nematode
- Ditylenchus destructor Thorne
- Root knot nematode
- Meloidogyne spp.
- M. hapla Chitwood
- M. incognita (Kofoid & White) Chitwood
- M. javanica (Treub) Chitwood
- M. chitwoodi Golden et al.
- Sting nematode
- Belonolaimus longicaudatus Rau
- Stubby-root nematode
- Paratrichodorus spp.
- Trichodorus spp.
VIRAL and VIROID DISEASES
- Alfalfa mosaic virus
- genus Alfamovirus, Alfalfa mosaic virus (AMV)
- Andean potato latent virus*
- genus Tymovirus, Andean potato latent virus (APLV)
- Andean potato mottle virus*
- genus Comovirus, Andean potato mottle virus (APMV)
- Arracacha virus B - Oca strain
- genus Nepovirus, Arracacha virus B Oca strain (AVB-O)
- Beet curly top virus
- genus Curtovirus, Beet curly top virus (BCTV)
- Cucumber mosaic virus
- genus Cucumovirus, Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV)
- Eggplant mottle dwarf virus
- genus Rhabdovirus, Eggplant mottle dwarf virus (EMDV)
- Potato aucuba mosaic virus
- genus Potexvirus, Potato aucuba mosaic virus (PAMV)
- Potato black ringspot virus
- genus Nepovirus, Potato black ringspot virus (PBRSV)
- Potato deforming mosaic virus
- genus Geminiviridae Potato deforming mosaic virus subgroup III, (PDMV)
- Potato latent virus
- genus Carlavirus, Potato latent virus (PLV)
- Potato leafroll virus
- genus Luteovirus, Potato leafroll virus (PLRV)
- Potato mop-top virus
- genus Furovirus, Potato mop-top virus (PMTV)
- Potato rugose mosaic
- genus Potyvirus, Potato virus Y (PVY, strains O, N and C)
- Potato stem mottle (spraing of tubers)
- genus Tobravirus, Tobacco rattle virus (TRV)
- Potato spindle tuber
- Potato spindle tuber viroid (PSTV)
- Potato yellow dwarf virus
- genus Nucleorhabdovirus, Potato yellow dwarf virus (PYDV)
- Potato yellow mosaic virus
- genus Geminiviridae, Potato yellow mosaic virus (PYMV); subgroup III
- Potato yellow vein virus
- Potato yellow vein virus (PYVV)
- Potato yellowing virus
- genus Alfamovirus, Potato yellowing virus (PYV)
- Potato virus A
- genus Potyvirus, Potato virus A (PVA)
- Potato virus M
- genus Carlavirus, Potato virus M (PVM)
- Potato virus S
- genus Carlavirus, Potato virus S (PVS)
- Potato virus T*
- genus Trichovirus, Potato virus T*
- Potato virus U
- genus Nepovirus Potato virus U (PVU)
- Potato virus V
- genus Potyvirus, Potato virus V (PVV)
- Potato virus X
- genus Potexvirus, Potato virus X (PVX)
- Potato virus Y
- genus Potyvirus, Potato virus Y (PVY)
- Solanum apical leaf curling virus
- Geminiviridae, Solanum apical leaf curling virus (SALCV) subgroup III
- Sowbane mosaic virus
- genus Sobemovirus, Sowbane mosaic virus (SoMV)
- Tobacco mosaic virus
- genus Tobamovirus, Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV)
- Tobacco necrosis virus
- genus Necrovirus, Tobacco necrosis virus (TNV)
- Tobacco rattle virus
- genus Tobravirus, Tobacco rattle virus (TRV)
- Tobacco streak virus
- genus Ilarvirus, Tobacco streak virus (TSV)
- Tomato black ring virus
- genus Nepovirus, Tomato black ring virus (ToBRV)
- Tomato mosaic virus
- genus Tobamovirus, Tomato mosaic virus (ToMV)
- Tomato spotted wilt virus
- genus Tospovirus, Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV)
- Tomato yellow mosaic virus
- genus Geminiviridae, Tomato yellow mosaic virus (ToYMV) subgroup III
- Wild potato mosaic virus
- genus Potyvirus, Wild potato mosaic virus (WPMV)
PHYTOPLASMAL DISEASES
- Aster yellows
- Aster yellows group of phytoplasmas
- Witches'-broom
- Witches’ broom phytoplasma
MISCELLANEOUS DISEASES and DISORDERS
- Aerial tubers
- Phytoplasma infection or anything that constricts the stem, including but not limited to Rhizoctonia canker, heat necrosis, chemical injury, mechanical injury, wind injury
- Air polution injury
- Photochemical oxidants (primarily ozone), sulfur oxides
- Black heart
- Oxygen deficiency of internal tuber tissue
- Blackspot bruise
- Bruising, pressure contact
- Elephant hide
- Roughening of tuber skin due to physiological or environmental causes
- Hollow heart
- Excessively rapid tuber enlargement
- Internal brown spot = heat necrosis
- Oxygen deficiency of tuber accompanying high soil temperature
- Jelly end rot
- Carbohydrate translocation due to second growth
- Physiological leaf roll
- Response to adverse environment
- Psyllid yellows
- Toxic saliva of the potato (tomato) psyllid, Paratrioza cockerelli (Sulc)
- Shatter bruise
- Mechanical damage to tuber
- Skinning
- Mechanical damage to tuber
- Stem-end browning
- Exact cause(s) unknown, chemical injury, viruses or other pathogens.
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*Indicates the disease isn't known to occur naturally in North America.