This article is a list of diseases of the sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas).
Bacterial diseases
| Bacterial diseases | |
|---|---|
| Bacterial leaf spot | Xanthomonas campestris (Pammel) Dowson |
| Bacterial stem and root rot | Erwinia chrysanthemi |
| Bacterial wilt | Ralstonia solanacearum |
| Crown gall | Agrobacterium tumefaciens |
| Hairy roots | Agrobacterium rhizogenes |
| Little leaf (proliferation disease) | Phytoplasma |
Fungal diseases
| Fungal diseases | |
|---|---|
| Alternaria leaf spot and stem blight | Alternaria spp. |
| Alternaria storage rot | Alternaria spp. |
| Black rot | Ceratocystis fimbriata Chalara sp. |
| Blue mold rot | Penicillium spp. |
| Cercospora leaf spot | Cercospora spp. Phaeoisariopsis bataticola |
| Charcoal rot | Macrophomina phaseolina |
| Chlorotic leaf distortion | Fusarium lateritium Gibberella baccata |
| Circular spot | Sclerotium rolfsii Athelia rolfsii |
| Dry rot | Diaporthe phaseolorum |
| End rot | Fusarium spp. |
| False Broom Rape | Splinterus Maximus |
| Foot rot | Plenodomus destruens |
| Fusarium root rot and stem canker | Fusarium solani |
| Fusarium wilt (stem rot) | Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. batatas |
| Gray mold rot | Botrytis cinerea |
| Java black rot | Lasiodiplodia theobromae |
| Leaf mold | Choanephora cucurbitarum |
| Mottle necrosis | Pythium spp. |
| Phyllosticta leaf blight | Phomopsis ipomeae-batatas |
| Phymatotrichum root rot (cotton root rot) | Phymatotrichopsis omnivora |
| Pink root | Phoma terrestris |
| Punky rot | Trichoderma spp. |
| Rhizoctonia stem canker (sprout rot) | Rhizoctonia solani |
| Rhizopus soft rot | Rhizopus spp. |
| Rootlet rot | Fusarium solani Pythium spp. |
| Rust, red | Coleosporium ipomoeae |
| Rust, white | Albugo ipomoeae-panduratae |
| Scab, leaf and stem | Sphaceloma batatas |
| Southern blight Sclerotial blight |
Sclerotium rolfsii |
| Scurf | Monilochaetes infuscans |
| Septoria leaf spot | Septoria bataticola |
| Storage rot | Epicoccum spp. |
| Surface rot | Fusarium oxysporum |
| Violet root rot | Helicobasidium mompa |
Nematodes, parasitic
| Nematodes, parasitic | |
|---|---|
| Brown ring of roots (bulb and stem nematode) | |
| Burrowing | |
| Dagger | |
| Lesion | |
| Pin |
Paratylenchus spp. |
| Reniform | |
| Root-knot |
Meloidogyne spp. |
| Spiral |
Helicotylenchus spp. |
| Sting | |
| Stubby-root | |
| Stunt |
Tylenchorhynchus spp. |
Viral and viroid diseases
| Viral and viroid diseases | |
|---|---|
| Feathery mottle | Sweet potato feathery mottle virus (SPFMV) |
| Internal cork | Internal cork strain of Sweet potato feathery mottle virus (SPFMV-IC) |
| Latent virus | Sweet potato latent virus (SPLV) |
| Mild mottle | Sweet potato mild mottle virus (SPMMV) |
| Russet crack | Russet crack strain of Sweet potato feathery mottle virus (SPFMV-RC) |
| Sweet potato virus disease (SPVD) | Sweet potato feathery mottle virus and Sweet potato chlorotic stunt virus |
References
- "Diseases of sweet potato". www.apsnet.org. American Phytopathological Society. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
- Cuellar, Wilmer J.; Kreuze, Jan F.; Rajamäki, Minna-Liisa; Cruzado, Karin R.; Untiveros, Milton; Valkonen, Jari P. T. (23 June 2009). "Elimination of antiviral defense by viral RNase III". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106 (25): 10354–10358. doi:10.1073/pnas.0806042106. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 2694682. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
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