Agricultural Pathology Essentials: Rahul’s Quick Guide for Master’s Prep
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Disease and their causative agent

  • Downy mildew of grape: Plasmospara viticola
  • Powdery mildew of pea: Erysiphe polygoni
  • Brown rust of wheat: Puccina recondite
  • Loose smut of wheat: Ustilago tritici
  • White blister of mustard: Albugo candida
  • Sclerotia rot of vegetables: Sclerotinia sclerotiorum.
  • Powdery scab of potato: Spongospora subtrranea ( Potato mop top).
  • Stem gall of coriander: Protomyces mucosporus
  • Peach leaf curl: Taphrina deformans
  • Witches broom: Mycoplasma
  • Fire blight of apple: Erwinia amylovora
  • Citrus canker: Xanthomonas citri
  • Blast of rice: Magnoporthe grisea
  • Downy mildew of cabbage: Perenospora parasitica
  • Rust: Puccinia spp.
  • Club root of cabbage: Plasmodiophora brassicae
  • Root knot of pea: Meloidogyne incognita
  • Damping of pea: Rhizoctonia solani
  • Angular leaf spot of cotton: Xanthomonas campestris var. malvacearum
  • Bacterial blight of rice: Xanthomonas campestris var. oryzae
  • Blast of rice: Magnoporthe grisea
  • Early blight of tomato: Alternaria solani
  • Late blight of potato: Phytophthora infestans
  • White tipi of rice: Aphelenchoides bessey
  • Root knot of cucumber: Meloidogyne incognita
  • Molya disease of wheat and barley: Heterodera major ]- Nematode and is carried by dust stroms from Rajasthan to Haryana.
  • Wheat bunt disease: Tilletia caries , Tilletia foetida
  • Ergot of rye: Claviceps purpurea
  • Loose smut of wheat: Ustilago nuda tritici
  • Rice bunt disease: neovassia horrida.
  • Tikka disease of groundnut: Cercospora personata
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