Disease and their causative agent in various fruits

Banana

a) Panama wilt: Fusarium oxysporum var. cubense

b) Sigatoka leaf spot : Cercospora musicola

c) Leaf spot/ Anthracnose: Colletotrichum gloeosporioides

d) Stem end rot: Botryodiplodia theobromae

Citrus

a) Die back: Colletotrichum gloeosporioides

b) Gummosis: Phytophthora spp.

c) Diplodia gummosis: Botryodiplodia theobromae

d) Bacterial canker: Xanthomonas campestris var. citri

e) Stem rot/ Fruit rot/ leaf-fold: Phytopthora nicotianae var. parasitica

Grape

a) Downy mildew: Plasmopara viticola

b) Powdery mildew: Uncinula nectar

Guava

a) Wilt: Fusarium oxysporium f. psidi and Rhizoctonia spp.

b) Fruit canker: Pestalotiopsis psidi

c) Fruit rot: Phomopsis psidi

d) Grey leaf spot: Cercospora psidi

Jack fruit

a) Pink disease: Botryobasidium salmonicolor

Mango

a) Powdery mildew: Oidium mangiferae

b) Anthracnose: Colletotrichum lindemuthenum

c) Stem coriander: Botryodiplodia theobromae

d) Die-back: Colletotrichum gloeosporioides

e) Blight: Macrophomina mangiferae

f) Black mould: Aspergillus niger

g) Fruit rot: Alternaria alternate

h) Bacterial canker: Xanthomonas campestris var. mangiferae

i) Blossom blight: Colletotrichum gleosporioides

Papaya

a) Damping off: Pythium

Peach

a) Peach leaf curl: Taphrina deformans

b) Frosty mildew: Cercosporella persicae

Apple and pear

a) Sclerotius blight: Sclerotium rolfsii

b) Crown gall : Agrobacterium tumefaciens

c) White root rot: Dematophora necatrix

d) Collar rot: Phytophthora cactorum

e) Apple scab: Venturia inaequalis

f) Fruit rot: Penicillium expansum