Dwarf bunt

Tilletia controversa Dwarf bunt General Tilletia controversa is a plant pathogen. It is a fungus known to cause the smut disease TCK smut in soft white and hard red winter wheats, as well as dwarf bun

Loose smut of barley

Ustilago nuda (Ustilago segetum var. nuda, Ustilago nuda f.sp. hordei) Loose smut of barley General Ustilago nuda f.sp. hordei affects barley and can destroy a large proportion of the crop. It is also

Wheat bunt

Tilletia tritici and Tilletia laevis Wheat bunt General Tilletia tritici and Tilletia laevis only differ in one gene and easily hybridize. There is debate whether they should indeed be considered sepa

Loose smut of wheat

Ustilago tritici (Ustilago segetum var. tritici, Ustilago nuda f.sp. tritici) Loose smut of wheat General Ustilago nuda f.sp. tritici is a basidiomyceteous fungus that affects wheat. It is also known

Rhizoctonia solani

Rhizoctonia solani (Thanatephorus cucumeris) Rhizoctonia solani General Thanatephorus cucumeris was long known as Rhizoctonia solani , the vegetative stage. It was long believed to be a sterile fungus

Crazy roots, hairy roots, crown gall

Rhizobium spp. (Agrobacterium spp.) Crazy roots, hairy roots, crown gall General Rhizobium bacteria are soil bacteria that fix nitrogen after becoming established inside root nodules of legumes. Addit

Bacterial soft rot, bacterial stem rot

Pectobacterium carotovorum (Erwinia carotovora subsp. carotovora) Bacterial soft rot, bacterial stem rot General Erwinia carotovora subsp. carotovora has recently been renamed Pectobacterium carotovor

Black sigatoka disease

Mycosphaerella fijiensis (Pseudocercospora fijiensis) Black sigatoka disease General Mycosphaerella fijiensis also known as black sigatoka, is an ascomycete fungus that causes leaf-spot of banana. Lif

Bacterial spot

Xanthomonas vesicatoria Bacterial spot General Xanthomonas vesicatoria is a bacterium that causes bacterial leaf spot on peppers and tomatoes. Life cycle and appearance of Bacterial spot Xanthomonas v

Verticillium wilt

Verticillium spp. Verticillium wilt General Verticillium species are non-specific plant pathogens. Many species are saprophytes, V erticillium albo-atrum and Verticillium dahlia e are the most importa