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Gray leaf spot (GLS) is a foliar fungal disease that affects grasses. In grasses other than maize it is caused by Pyricularia grisea, which only infects perennial ryegrass, tall fescue, and St. Augustine grass in places with warm and rainy climates.
The pathogen was first identified in Kansas in 1953 and most commonly causes disease on select cultivars of turf grass, switchgrass, and millet. The disease most commonly associated with the panicum mosaic virus pathogen is St. Augustine Decline Syndrome, which infects species of turf grass and causes chlorotic mottling. [2]
Symptoms can overlap across causal agents, however differing signs and symptoms of certain pathogens can lead to the diagnosis of the type of leaf spot disease. Prolonged wet and humid conditions promote leaf spot disease and most pathogens are spread by wind, splashing rain or irrigation that carry the disease to other leaves.
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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 ]
For diseases of foliage plants, see the following lists: List of Croton diseases; List of Ficus diseases; List of foliage plant diseases (Acanthaceae)
St. Augustine is a dark green grass with broad, flat blades. It spreads by aboveground stolons , commonly known as "runners", and forms a dense layer. The grass occurs on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean , [ 1 ] including much of the southeastern United States, Texas, [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Mexico, and Central and South America. [ 1 ]
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