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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 ]
Plant disease triangle. Epidemiology is the study of factors affecting the outbreak and spread of infectious diseases. [10] A disease triangle describes the basic factors required for plant diseases. These are the host plant, the pathogen, and the environment. Any one of these can be modified to control a disease. [11]
This category includes economically significant plant diseases and the organisms that cause them including, fungi, bacteria, protists and viruses. For more information on plant pathology see phytopathology. For insects that transmit plant pathogens see Insect vectors of plant pathogens.
List of apricot diseases; List of foliage plant diseases (Araceae) List of foliage plant diseases (Arecaceae) List of foliage plant diseases (Araliaceae) List of foliage plant diseases (Araucariaceae) List of foliage plant diseases (Asclepiadaceae) List of asparagus diseases; List of avocado diseases; List of azalea diseases
They can cause plant disease and can infect a broad range of hosts in several monocot and dicot plant families. [3] Smuts are cereal and crop pathogens that most notably affect members of the grass family and sedges . Economically important hosts include maize, barley, wheat, oats, sugarcane, and forage grasses.
Aster yellows is a chronic, systemic plant disease caused by several bacteria called phytoplasma. [1] The aster yellows phytoplasma (AYP) affects 300 species in 38 families of broad-leaf herbaceous plants, primarily in the aster family, and important cereal crops such as wheat and barley.
Bacterial diseases; Bacterial leaf blight and stalk rot: Pseudomonas avenae subsp. avenae. Bacterial leaf spot: Xanthomonas campestris pv. holcicola. Bacterial stalk rot:
Much like diseases of humans and other animals, plant diseases occur due to pathogens such as bacteria, viruses, fungi, oomycetes, nematodes, phytoplasmas, protozoa, and parasitic plants. [1] Plant disease epidemiologists strive for an understanding of the cause and effects of disease and develop strategies to intervene in situations where crop ...