List of plant diseases and their causal organism
Major types of plants and their diseases with causal organism are given below.
List of Rice diseases and their causal organism:
Name of the diseases | Causal organism |
Bacterial leaf blight (BLB) | Xanthomonas oryzae |
Bacterial leaf streak (BLS) | Xanthomonas oryzae oryzicola |
Sheath blight | Rhizoctonia solani |
Sheath rot | Sarocladium oryzae |
Stem rot | Sclerotium oryzae |
Foot rot/Bakane | Fusarium moniliforme |
Blast | Pyricularia oryzae |
Brown spot | Bipolaris oryzae |
Ufra | Ditylenchus angustus |
Tungro | Rice tungro virus |
List of Wheat diseases and their causal organism:
Black point/ leaf blight | Bipolaris sorokiniana |
Bacterial leaf blight | Pseudomonas syringae |
Loose smut | Ustilago tritici |
Stem rust | Puccinia graminis tritici |
Seed gall | Anguina tritici |
List of Jute diseases and their causal organism:
Stem rot | Macrophomina phaseolin |
Black band | Botryodiplodia theobroma |
Anthracnose | Colletrotrichum corchrori |
List of Sugarcane diseases and their causal organism:
Red rot | Colletrotrichum falcatum |
Gummosis | Xanthomonas vasculorum |
List of Pulses diseases and their causal organism:
Foot and root rot | Fusrium oxysporum, Rhizoctonia solani |
Cercospora leaf spot | Cercospora canescens |
Wilt | Fusarium oxysporum |
Powdery mildew | Oidium sp. Erysiphae polygo |
Rust | Uromyces fabae |
List of Peanut diseases and their causal organism:
Tikka | Cercospora arachidicol |
List of Bean diseases and their causal organism:
Rust of bean | Uromyces phaseoli |
List of Soybean diseases and their causal organism:
Anthracnose | Colletotrichum dematium |
List of Cotton diseases and their causal organism:
Black arm | Xanthomonas malvacearum |
Anthracnose | Colletrotichum gossypii |
List of Potato diseases and their causal organism:
Late blight | Phytophthora infestans |
Scab | Streptomyces scabies |
Soft rot/ Black leg | Erwinia carotovora |
Dry rot | Fusarium caeruleum |
Black heart/Hollow heart | Physiogenic/ Nutritional |
List of Brinjal diseases and their causal organism:
Fruit rot | Phomopsis vexans |
Root knot | Meloidogyne javanica |
List of Mustard diseases and their causal organism:
Grey leaf spot | Alternaria brassicae, A. brassicicola |