Plant diseases

Plant diseases

Blight
1. Symptoms
  1. Widespread death of tissue
  2. Wlting
  3. Brown patches
2. Causes
  1. Infection via microorganisms
Canker
1. symptoms
  1. Sunken neurotic lesion
    1. Often on
      1. Main stem
      2. Branch
      3. Root
2. Caused by
  1. Variety of pathogens
Damping off
1. Symptoms
  1. Collapse and rot of seedling
2. Causes
  1. fungal infection
Dieback
1. Symptoms
  1. Twig and branch death
  2. Partial defoliation
  3. Death
2. Causes
  1. Mould
    1. 'Phytophthora cinnamomi'
Gall
1. Symptoms
  1. Abnormal growth
  2. Swelling
2. causes
  1. Pathogenic invasion
Mosaic
1. Symptoms
  1. Patches of green colour
Powdery Mildew
1. Symptoms
  1. White powdery 'bloom'
    1. On plant Surface
2. caused by
  1. Powdery mildew fungus
Rust
1. Symptoms
  1. rust coloured pustules
2. causes
  1. rust fungi
Rot
1. Symptoms
  1. Disintegration of tissue
  2. Causes
    1. Pathogens
      1. toxins
      2. Enzymes

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