Important Vegetable Crop Diseases with Their Causal Organisms
Potato (Solanum tuberosum)
|
Disease |
Causal Organism |
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Late Blight |
Phytophthora infestans |
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Early Blight |
Alternaria solani |
|
Black Scurf |
Rhizoctonia solani |
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Common Scab |
Streptomyces scabies |
|
Wart Disease |
Synchytrium endobioticum |
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Bacterial Wilt |
Ralstonia solanacearum |
|
Soft Rot |
Erwinia carotovora |
|
Leaf Roll |
Potato leaf roll virus (PLRV) |
|
Mosaic |
Potato virus X (PVX) & Potato virus Y (PVY) |
Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)
|
Disease |
Causal Organism |
|
Early Blight |
Alternaria solani |
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Late Blight |
Phytophthora infestans |
|
Wilt |
Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lycopersici |
|
Bacterial Wilt |
Ralstonia solanacearum |
|
Damping Off |
Pythium debaryanum |
|
Leaf Curl |
Tomato leaf curl virus (TLCV) – transmitted by Bemisia tabaci |
|
Mosaic |
Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) |
|
Root Knot |
Meloidogyne incognita |
|
Septoria Leaf Spot |
Septoria lycopersici |
Brinjal (Eggplant / Solanum melongena)
|
Disease |
Causal Organism |
|
Wilt |
Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. melongenae |
|
Bacterial Wilt |
Ralstonia solanacearum |
|
Phomopsis Blight |
Phomopsis vexans |
|
Little Leaf |
Phytoplasma (transmitted by Hishimonus phycitis) |
|
Cercospora Leaf Spot |
Cercospora melongenae |
|
Damping Off |
Pythium debaryanum |
Chilli (Capsicum annuum)
|
Disease |
Causal Organism |
|
Anthracnose / Fruit Rot |
Colletotrichum capsici |
|
Leaf Curl |
Chilli leaf curl virus (transmitted by Bemisia tabaci) |
|
Damping Off |
Pythium aphanidermatum |
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Cercospora Leaf Spot |
Cercospora capsici |
|
Bacterial Leaf Spot |
Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria |
|
Mosaic |
Chilli mosaic virus |
|
Powdery Mildew |
Leveillula taurica |
Cucumber and Other Cucurbits (Cucurbitaceae family)
|
Disease |
Causal Organism |
|
Downy Mildew |
Pseudoperonospora cubensis |
|
Powdery Mildew |
Erysiphe cichoracearum / Sphaerotheca fuliginea |
|
Angular Leaf Spot |
Pseudomonas syringae pv. lachrymans |
|
Fruit Rot / Anthracnose |
Colletotrichum lagenarium |
|
Fusarium Wilt |
Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cucumerinum |
|
Mosaic |
Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) |
|
Bottle Gourd Wilt |
Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lagenariae |
|
Phyllody (Bitter Gourd) |
Phytoplasma |
Okra / Bhindi (Abelmoschus esculentus)
|
Disease |
Causal Organism |
|
Yellow Vein Mosaic |
Okra yellow vein mosaic virus (transmitted by Bemisia tabaci) |
|
Wilt |
Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. vasinfectum |
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Cercospora Leaf Spot |
Cercospora abelmoschi |
|
Powdery Mildew |
Erysiphe cichoracearum |
|
Damping Off |
Pythium debaryanum |
|
Enation Leaf Curl |
Enation leaf curl virus |
Onion (Allium cepa)
|
Disease |
Causal Organism |
|
Purple Blotch |
Alternaria porri |
|
Stemphylium Blight |
Stemphylium vesicarium |
|
Downy Mildew |
Peronospora destructor |
|
Smut |
Urocystis cepulae |
|
Bacterial Soft Rot |
Erwinia carotovora |
|
Neck Rot |
Botrytis allii |
Carrot (Daucus carota)
|
Disease |
Causal Organism |
|
Alternaria Leaf Blight |
Alternaria dauci |
|
Powdery Mildew |
Erysiphe polygoni |
|
Soft Rot |
Erwinia carotovora |
|
Root Knot Nematode |
Meloidogyne incognita |
Cabbage & Cauliflower (Brassica oleracea group)
|
Disease |
Causal Organism |
|
Black Rot |
Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris |
|
Alternaria Leaf Spot |
Alternaria brassicae |
|
Downy Mildew |
Peronospora parasitica |
|
Club Root |
Plasmodiophora brassicae |
|
Damping Off |
Pythium debaryanum |
|
Soft Rot |
Erwinia carotovora |
Garlic (Allium sativum)
|
Disease |
Causal Organism |
|
Purple Blotch |
Alternaria porri |
|
Downy Mildew |
Peronospora destructor |
|
Fusarium Basal Rot |
Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cepae |
