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Diseases of Safflower
(Carthamus tinctorius L.)

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