can also be found as secondary pathogen in plants that are infected by other pathogens. The bacteria that causes black leg in potato is a different…
General Pythium is considered a ‘weak pathogen’, meaning that it can usually only affect plants that are in a sub-optimal condition or suffer from…
Angular leaf spot Xanthomonas fragariae overwinters in plants and dead leaves, that become the primary source of infection in the spring. The bacteria…
occur and cause different symptoms. Fusarium oxysporum is the only Fusarium that actually grows inside the vessel system of the host plant and spreads…
may occur and cause different symptoms. This species is the only Fusarium that actually grows inside the vascular system of the host plant and spreads…
sparsa Downy mildew of rose General Peronospora sparsa is a plant pathogen that causes plant diseases, such as downy mildew of rose and diseases on…
(structures containing sporangia, a type of spores) with sporangia are formed that protrude through the stomata. Secondary infection is either by…
fuckeliana / Botrytis cinerea ) is a necrotrophic fungus, meaning that it excretes compounds that kill the plant cells and then uses the content of…
Mycosphaerella fijiensis also known as black sigatoka, is an ascomycete fungus that causes leaf-spot of banana. Life cycle and appearance of Black…
blight, leaf and pod spot General Ascochyta pisi is a fungal plant pathogen that causes A scochyta blight on pea (leaf blight or pea blight) and…
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