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Texas Phoenix palm decline, or lethal bronzing, is a plant disease caused by a phytoplasma, Candidatus Phytoplasma palmae. [1] [2] It takes its name from the state it was first identified in and the palm genus, Phoenix, upon which it was first identified. It is currently found in parts of Florida and Texas.
Plant diseases are diseases in plants caused by pathogens (infectious organisms) and environmental conditions (physiological factors). [1] Organisms that cause infectious disease include fungi , oomycetes , bacteria , viruses , viroids , virus -like organisms, phytoplasmas , protozoa , nematodes and parasitic plants . [ 2 ]
Numerous non-native plants have been introduced to Texas in the United States and many of them have become invasive species. The following is a list of some non-native invasive plant species established in Texas. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Fungal diseases; Common name: Scientific name: Plants affected: Pythium root rot Pythium spp. R Tan leaf spot Curvularia eragrostidis = Pseudocochliobolus eragrostidis
Fungal diseases; Common name: Scientific name: Plants affected: Alternaria leaf spot Alternaria panax: B, D, Fl, P,S Anthracnose Colletotrichum trichellum: H Cercospora leaf spot Cercospora spp. B, S Damping-off Pythium spp. B,Fj,S Gray mold Botrytis cinerea: H Phyllosticta leaf spot Phyllosticta concentrica. Discochora philoprina [teleomorph] H
Phymatotrichum root rot (Texas root rot) Phymatotrichopsis omnivora = Phymatotrichum omnivorum. Phytophthora root rot Phytophthora sp. Pythium root rot Pythium sp. Seedling disease Phytophthora cinnamomi Rhizoctonia solani. Sooty blotch Gloeodes pomigena. Spot anthracnose Sphaceloma sp. Wood rots Bjerkandera adusta Chondrostereum purpureum
Race T is infectious to corn plants with the Texas male sterile cytoplasm (cms-T maize) and this vulnerability was the cause of the United States SCLB epidemic of 1969-1970 [2] For this reason, Race T is of particular interest. While SCLB thrives in warm, damp climates, the disease can be found in many of the world's maize-growing areas. [3]
This is a list of diseases of foliage plants belonging to the family Arecaceae. Plant Species. Plant Species; C Caryota mitis: fishtail palm Ch Chamaedorea spp.