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Gymnosporangium yamadae (Japanese apple rust)
G. yamadae belongs to the Uredinales, which includes the rust fungi, all of which cause diseases on plants. At present, G....
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Alternaria gaisen (black spot of Japanese pear)
A. gaisen occurs on the Japanese pear, Pyrus pyrifolia, especially the cultivar Nijisseiki but also other cultivars of both Japanese and Chinese...
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Mycosphaerella dearnessii (brown spot needle blight)
Brown-spot needle blight caused by Mycosphaerella dearnessii kills foliage and retards growth of many pine species. The pathogen has a wide host...
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Mycosphaerella pini (Dothistroma blight)
Dothistroma septospora (the anamorphic form of the fungus) has spread rapidly around the world since its identification as a serious crop pathogen...
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Ciborinia camelliae (flower blight)
In North America, C. camelliae causes severe damage to camellia flowers on landscape plants in the southern USA. Flower blight is considered to be...
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Synchytrium endobioticum (wart disease of potato)
Wart disease of potato is so important that quarantine and domestic legislation has been in force globally for more than 65 years to prevent its...
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Tilletia indica (Karnal bunt of wheat)
T. indica is the fungal pathogen causing Karnal bunt of wheat seeds. Its distribution is mainly limited to northwest India...
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Puccinia horiana (white rust of chrysanthemum)
P. horiana is now a feared and serious disease in nurseries, frequently causing complete loss of glasshouse chrysanthemum...
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Seiridium cardinale (cypress canker)
The high pathogenicity of S. cardinale, wide host range in the Cupressaceae family, relative stability of its virulence, abundant production of...
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Sirococcus clavigignenti-juglandacearum (butternut canker)
S. clavigignenti-juglandacearum is a very aggressive plant pest. From 1981 to 1996, in the USA, it killed 58% of the trees of J. cinerea in...
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