John M. Klisiewicz, collator (last update 3/16/93)
BACTERIAL DISEASE
- Bacterial leaf spot and stem blight
- Pseudomonas syringae van Hall
FUNGAL DISEASES
- Alternaria leaf spot
- Alternaria carthami Chowdhury
- Botrytis hard rot
- Botrytis cinerea Pers.:Fr.
- (teleomorph: Botryotinia fuckeliana (de Bary) Whetzel)
- Cercospora leaf spot
- Cercospora spp.
- Charcoal rot
- Macrophomina phaseolina (Tassi) Goidanich
- Damping-off
- Pythium spp.
- Phytophthora spp.
- Fusarium wilt
- Fusarium oxysporum Schlechtend.:Fr. f. sp. carthami Klisiewicz & Houston
- Phytophthora root and stem rot
- Phytophthora spp.
- P. cactorum (Lebert & Cohn) J. Schröt.
- P. cryptogea Pethybr. & Lafferty
- P. drechsleri Tucker
- P. nicotianae Breda de Hann var. parasitica (Dastur) G.M.
Waterhouse = P. parasitica Dastur
- Pythium root rot
- Pythium spp.
- Powdery mildew
- Erysiphe cichoracearum DC.
- (anamorph: Oidium asteris-punicei Peck)
- Ramularia leaf spot
- Ramularia spp.
- Rhizoctonia blight, stem canker
- Rhizoctonia solani Kühn
- (teleomorph: Thanatephorus cucumeris (A.B. Frank) Donk)
- Rust (foliage and hypocotyl)
- Puccinia calcitrapae DC. var. centaureae (DC.) Cummins
- = P. carthami Corda
- P. verruca Thuem.
- Sclerotinia stem rot and head blight
- Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) de Bary
- Septoria leaf spot
- Septoria spp.
- Verticillium wilt
- Verticillium dahliae Kleb.
NEMATODES, PARASITIC
- Root-knot
- Meloidogyne spp.
PARASITIC HIGHER PLANTS
- Dodder
- Cuscuta spp.
PHYSIOLOGICAL DISORDERS
- Boron toxicity
- Excess boron levels
VIRUS DISEASES
(Also a mycoplasmalike organism [MLO])
- Alfalfa mosaic
- Alfalfa mosaic virus
- Cucumber mosaic
- Cucumber mosaic virus
- Lettuce mosaic and necrosis
- Lettuce mosaic virus
- Phyllody
- MLO
- Turnip mosaic and necrosis
- Turnip mosaic virus