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This article is a list of diseases of cotton (Gossypium spp.). Bacterial. Bacterial diseases; Bacterial blight of cotton: Xanthomonas citri subsp. malvacearum:
Bacterial blight of cotton is a disease affecting the cotton plant resulting from infection by Xanthomonas axonopodis pathovar malvacearum (Xcm) a Gram negative, motile rod-shaped, non spore-forming bacterium with a single polar flagellum
Oxycarenus laetus, commonly known as the dusky cotton bug, is a species of plant bug belonging to the family Lygaeidae. [2] It is sometimes known as the Egyptian cotton stainer , [ 3 ] and is found in southern Asia where it is a pest of cotton , okra and other crops.
Pages in category "Cotton diseases" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Bacterial blight of cotton;
The main distinction of byssinosis from other respiratory diseases comes from the initial exposure. Patients who have byssinosis have typically been exposed to cotton or just dust for an extended period of time and experience symptoms of chest tightness and coughing. [3] Patient history should reveal exposure to cotton, flax, hemp, or jute dust.
Cotton leaf curl viruses (CLCuV) are a number of plant pathogenic virus species of the family Geminiviridae. In Asia and Africa the major disease of cotton is caused by the Cotton leaf curl geminivirus (CLCuV). Leaves of infected cotton curl upward and bear leaf-like enations on the underside along with vein thickening.
Disease management can be difficult as it would be impossible to eliminate the alternate host grass species. However, the utilization of non-susceptible crops in a rotation can decrease infection rate in future cotton crops. An application of Mancozeb foliar fungicide can be used to prevent the disease, [4] but little can be done after ...
Texas root rot (also known as Phymatotrichopsis root rot, Phymatotrichum root rot, cotton root rot, or, in the older literature, Ozonium root rot) is a disease that is fairly common in Mexico and the southwestern United States resulting in sudden wilt and death of affected plants, usually during the warmer months.