List of sweet potato diseases facts for kids
This article is a list of diseases of the sweet potato, (Ipomoea batatas).
Bacterial diseases
Bacterial diseases | |
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Bacter | Erwinia chrysanthemi |
Bacterial wilt | Ralstonia solanacearum |
Crown gall | Agrobacterium tumefaciens |
Hairy roots | Agrobacterium rhizogenes |
Little leaf (proliferation disease) | Phytoplasma |
Fungal diseases
Fungal diseases | |
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Alternaria leaf spot and stem blight | Alternaria spp. |
Alternaria storage rot | Alternaria spp. |
Anthracnose | Colletotrichum coccodes |
Black rot | Ceratocystis fimbriata Chalara sp. [anamorph] |
Blue mold rot | Penicillium spp. |
Cercospora leaf spot | Cercospora spp. Phaeoisariopsis bataticola |
Charcoal rot | Macrophomina phaseolina |
Chlorotic leaf distortion | Fusarium lateritium Gibberella baccata [teleomorph] |
Circular spot | Sclerotium rolfsii Athelia rolfsii [teleomorph] |
Dry rot | Diaporthe phaseolorum = Diaporthe batatatis |
End rot | Fusarium spp. Fusarium solani |
False Broom Rape | Splinterus Maximus |
Foot rot | Plenodomus destruens |
Fusarium root rot and stem canker | Fusarium solani |
Fusarium wilt (stem rot) | Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. batatas |
Gray mold rot | Botrytis cinerea [[Botrytis cinerea [teleomorph] |
Java black rot | Lasiodiplodia theobromae = Diplodia gossypina |
Leaf mold | Choanephora cucurbitarum |
Mottle necrosis | Pythium spp. Pythium scleroteichum |
Phyllosticta leaf blight | Phomopsis ipomeae-batatas = Phyllosticta batatas |
Phymatotrichum root rot (cotton root rot) | Phymatotrichopsis omnivora = Phymatotrichum omnivorum |
Pink root | Phoma terrestris = Pyrenochaeta terrestris |
Punky rot | Trichoderma spp. Trichoderma koningii |
Rhizoctonia stem canker (sprout rot) | Rhizoctonia solani Thanatephorus cucumeris [teleomorph] |
Rhizopus soft rot | Rhizopus spp. |
Rootlet rot | Fusarium solani Pythium spp. |
Rust, red | Coleosporium ipomoeae |
Rust, white | Albugo ipomoeae-panduratae |
Scab, leaf and stem | Sphaceloma batatas Elsinoe batatas [teleomorph] |
Southern blight Sclerotial blight |
Sclerotium rolfsii |
Scurf | Monilochaetes infuscans |
Septoria leaf spot | Septoria bataticola |
Storage rot | Epicoccum spp. Fusarium solani |
Surface rot | Fusarium oxysporum Fusarium solani |
Violet root rot | Helicobasidium mompa |
Nematodes, parasitic
Nematodes, parasitic | |
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Brown ring of roots (bulb and stem nematode) |
Ditylenchus dipsaci |
Burrowing |
Radopholus similis |
Dagger |
Xiphinema spp. |
Lesion |
Pratylenchus brachyurus |
Pin |
Paratylenchus spp. |
Reniform |
Rotylenchulus reniformis |
Root-knot |
Meloidogyne spp. |
Spiral |
Helicotylenchus spp. |
Sting |
Belonolaimus longicaudatus |
Stubby-root |
Paratrichodorus spp. |
Stunt |
Tylenchorhynchus spp. |
Viral and viroid diseases
Viral and viroid diseases | |
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Feathery mottle | Sweet potato feathery mottle virus (SPFMV) |
Internal cork | Internal cork strain of Sweet potato feathery mottle virus (SPFMV-IC) |
Latent virus | Sweet potato latent virus (SPLV) |
Mild mottle | Sweet potato mild mottle virus (SPMMV) |
Russet crack | Russet crack strain of Sweet potato feathery mottle virus (SPFMV-RC) |
Sweet potato virus disease (SPVD) | Sweet potato feathery mottle virus and Sweet potato chlorotic stunt virus |