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Powdery mildew is a fungal disease that affects a wide range of plants. Powdery mildew diseases are caused by many different species of ascomycete fungi in the order Erysiphales. Powdery mildew is one of the easier plant diseases to identify, as the signs of the causal pathogen are quite distinctive. Infected plants display white powdery spots ...
Leaf spot. A leaf spot is a limited, discoloured, diseased area of a leaf that is caused by fungal, bacterial or viral plant diseases, or by injuries from nematodes, insects, environmental factors, toxicity or herbicides. These discoloured spots or lesions often have a centre of necrosis (cell death). [ 1] Symptoms can overlap across causal ...
Common spot on strawberry is a polycyclic disease, and under favorable conditions it will continue to reinfect the host and surrounding plants. The fungus overwinters as mycelium, sclerotia, and perithecia in infected leaf tissues. This disease on strawberry can generate two types of spores that infect newly emerging leaves in the spring ...
Affected leaves fall prior to healthy ones and plants may be defoliated in serious infections. Anthracnose Sphaceloma rosarum on Rosa rugosa Anthracnose Sphaceloma rosarum – Spots caused by this fungus originate from a point where leaves are water soaked, usually unnoticeable at first, until they turn black with a very distinct defined edge.
White rust (disease) White rust is a disease in plants caused by the oomycete Albugo candida or one of its close relatives. Plants susceptible to this disease generally include members of the Brassica family. [1] White rust has been known to cause agricultural losses in fields cultivating members of this family including broccoli, cauliflower ...
Alternaria leaf spot or Alternaria leaf blight are a group of fungal diseases in plants, that have a variety of hosts. [1] [2] [3] The diseases infects common garden plants, such as cabbage, and are caused by several closely related species of fungi. [4] Some of these fungal species target specific plants, while others have been known to target ...
Brown spot of rice is a plant fungal disease that usually occurs on the host leaves and glume, as well as seedlings, sheaths, stems and grains of adult host plants. Hosts include Oryza (Asian rice), Leersia (Cutgrass), Zizania (Wild rice), and other species as well such as Echinochloa colona (junglerice) and Zea mays (maize).
Crape myrtle aphids congregate on new growth. You’ll see the pear-shaped pests in large numbers, as flowers and fallen leaves are stuck together by the gooey honeydew they exude. Both of these ...