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List of cassava diseases

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This article is a list of diseases of cassava (Manihot esculenta).

Bacterial and Phytoplasma diseases

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Bacterial and mycoplasma-like diseases
Antholysis Phytoplasma[which?] (Candidatus Phytoplasma spp.)
Witches' broom Phytoplasma[which?] (Candidatus Phytoplasma spp.)
Bacterial blight Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. manihotis
Bacterial angular leaf spot Xanthomonas campestris pv. cassavae
Bacterial stem gall Agrobacterium tumefaciens Biovar 1
Bacterial stem rot Erwinia carotovora subsp. carotovora
Bacterial wilt Erwinia herbicola (syn. Pantoea agglomerans)

Fungal diseases

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Fungal diseases
Anthracnose

Colletotrichum gloeosporioides

= Colletotrichum gloeosporoides f.sp. manihotis

Glomerella cingulata [teleomorph]
Colletotrichum graminicola

Glomerella graminicola [teleomorph]
Armillaria root rot (shoestring root rot)

Armillaria mellea

Rhizomorpha subcorticalis [anaomorph]
Black root and stem rot

Scytalidium sp.[which?]

Hendersonula toruloidea [syanamorph]
Blight leaf spot Cercospora vicosae
Brown leaf spot

Cercosporidium henningsii

Mycosphaerella henningsii [teleomorph]
Cassava ash Oidium manihotis
Concentric ring leaf spot

Phyllosticta manihotae
P. manihoticola

Dematophora root rot (Rosellinia root rot)

Dematophora necatrix

Rosellinia necatrix [teleomorph]
Diplodia root and stem rot Diplodia manihoti
Fusarium root rot

Fusarium oxysporum
F. solani

Nectria haematococca [teleomorph]
Rigidopurus root rot

Rigidoporus microporus

= Rigidoporus lignosus
Rust Uromyces spp.[which?]
Sclerotium root rot (southern blight)

Sclerotium rolfsii

Athelia rolfsii [teleomorph]
Superelongation

Sphaceloma manihoticola

Elsinoë brasiliensis [teleomorph]
Verticillium root and stem rot Verticillium dahliae
White leaf spot Phaeoramularia manihotis

Oomycete diseases

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Oomycete diseases
Phytophthora root rot

P. cryptogea
P. drechsleri
P. erythroseptica
P. nicotianae var. parasitica

Pythium root rot Pythium spp.[which?]

Miscellaneous diseases and disorders

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Miscellaneous diseases and disorders
Post-harvest root rot Physiologic and pathogenic deteriorations
Root smallpox disease Microbial rotting after feeding by Cyrtomenus bergi

Viral diseases

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Viruses are a severe problem in the tropics. Viruses are the primary reason for the complete lack of yield increases in the 25 years up to 2019.[1]

Viral diseases
African cassava mosaic African cassava mosaic virus (ACMV)
Cassava brown streak disease Cassava brown streak virus[2] (CBSV)
Cassava common mosaic Cassava common mosaic virus (CsCMV)
Cassava frogskin Cassava Frogskin-Associated Virus [3] (CsFSaV)
Cassava green mottle Cassava green mottle virus[4] (CGMV)
Cassava symptomless infections Cassava American latent virus (CsAlV)

Cassava Ivorian bacilliform virus[5] (CIBV)

Cassava vein mosaic Cassava vein mosaic virus (CsVMV)
Indian cassava mosaic Indian cassava mosaic virus (ICMV)

References

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  1. ^ Afedraru, Lominda (2019-01-31). "Uganda to launch innovative gene-edited cassava research". Alliance for Science. Retrieved 2021-08-15.
  2. ^ McGrath, Matt (2011-11-17). "UN warns of staple crop virus 'epidemic'". BBC News. Retrieved Jun 29, 2019.
  3. ^ Di Feo, L.; Zanini, A.; Rodríguez Pardina, P.; Cuervo, M.; Carvajal-Yepes, M.; Cuellar, W. J. (2015). "First Report of Cassava common mosaic virus and Cassava frogskin-associated virus Infecting Cassava in Argentina". Plant Disease. 99 (5). American Phytopathological Society (APS): 733. doi:10.1094/PDIS-10-14-1088-PDN. hdl:10568/66634.
  4. ^ "Cassava green mottle". Retrieved Jun 29, 2019.
  5. ^ Scott SW, MacFarlane SA, McGavin WJ, Fargette D. (May 17, 2014). "Cassava Ivorian bacilliform virus is a member of the genus Anulavirus". Arch. Virol. 159 (10): 2791–3. doi:10.1007/s00705-014-2086-3. PMID 24838850. S2CID 254061653.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)