Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
This article is a list of diseases of azalea (Rhododendron spp.). Fungal diseases. Fungal diseases; Anthracnose Glomerella cingulata
Ovulinia petal blight is commonly referred to as Ovulinia flower blight, Azalea flower blight, and Azalea flower spot. [1] First reported in the 1930s on the Belgian-Indica hybrids, petal blight can attack most azaleas under favorable weather conditions. Infected flowers first exhibit small spots, about 1 mm in diameter, which appear water ...
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Pages for logged out editors learn more
Ovulitis azaleae is a plant pathogen affecting azaleas and rhododendrons. See also. List of azalea diseases; List of rhododendron diseases; References. External links
Pycnostysanus azaleae Pycnostysanus azaleae Scientific classification Kingdom: Fungi Phylum: Ascomycota Class: Ascomycetes Subclass: Incertae sedis Order: Incertae sedis Family: Incertae sedis Genus: Pycnostysanus Species: P. azaleae Binomial name Pycnostysanus azaleae (Peck) E.W. Mason, (1941) Synonyms Briosia azaleae (Peck) Dearn., (1941) Periconia azaleae Peck, (1873) Seifertia azaleae ...
Major diseases include Phytophthora root rot, stem and twig fungal dieback. [60] Rhododendron bud blast, a fungal condition that causes buds to turn brown and dry before they can open, is caused by the fungus Pycnostysanus azaleae, which may be brought to the plant by the rhododendron leafhopper, Graphocephala fennahi. [61]: 562
Azalea leafy gall can be particularly destructive to azalea leaves during the early spring. Hand picking infected leaves is the recommended method of control. [4] They can also be subject to Phytophthora root rot in moist, hot conditions. [5] Azaleas share the economically important disease Phytophthora cinnamomi with more than 3000 other plants.
Exobasidium vaccinii, commonly known as “red leaf disease,” or “Azalea Gall,” is a biotrophic species of fungus that causes galls on ericaceous plant species, such as blueberry and azalea (Vaccinium and Rhododendron spp.). Exobasidium vaccinii is considered the type species of the Exobasidium genus. [1]