List of cassava diseases

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This article is a list of diseases of cassava (Manihot esculenta).

[edit] Bacterial diseases

Bacterial diseases
Bacterial blight	Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. manihotis
Bacterial angular leaf spot	Xanthomonas campestris pv. cassavae
Bacterial stem gall	Agrobacterium tumefaciens Biovar 1
Bacterial stem rot	Erwinia carotovora subsp. carotovora
Bacterial wilt	Erwinia herbicolaa

Fungal diseases
Anthracnose	Colletotrichum gloeosporioides = Colletotrichum gloeosporoides f.sp. manihotis Glomerella cingulata [teleomorph] Colletotrichum graminicola Glomerella graminicola [teleomorph]
Armillaria root rot (shoestring root rot)	Armillaria mellea Rhizomorpha subcorticalis [anaomorph]
Black root and stem rot	Scytalidium sp. Hendersonula toruloidea [syanamorph]
Blight leaf spot	Cercospora vicosae
Brown leaf spot	Cercosporidium henningsii Mycosphaerella henningsii [teleomorph]
Cassava ash	Oidium manihotis
Concentric ring leaf spot	Phyllosticta manihotae Phyllosticta manihoticola
Dematophora root rot (Rosellinia root rot)	Dematophora necatrix Rosellinia necatrix [teleomorph]
Diplodia root and stem rot	Diplodia manihoti
Fusarium root rot	Fusarium oxysporum Fusarium solani Nectria haematococca [teleomorph]
Phytophthora root rot	Phytophthora cryptogea Phytophthora drechsleri Phytophthora erythroseptica Phytophthora nicotianae var. parasitica
Pythium root rot	Pythium spp.
Rigidopurus root rot	Rigidoporus microporus = Rigidoporus lignosus
Rust	Uromyces spp.
Sclerotium root rot (southern blight)	Sclerotium rolfsii Athelia rolfsii [teleomorph]
Superelongation	Sphaceloma manihoticola Elsinoë brasiliensis [teleomorph]
Verticillium root and stem rot	Verticillium dahliae
White leaf spot	Phaeoramularia manihotis

Miscellaneous diseases and disorders
Post-harvest root rot	Physiologic and pathogenic deteriorations
Root smallpox disease	Microbial rotting after feeding by Cyrtomenus bergi

Viral and mycoplasmalike organism [MLO] diseases
African cassava mosaic	African cassava mosaic virus
Antholysis	Phytoplasma
Cassava brown streak disease^[1]
Cassava common mosaic	Cassava common mosaic virus
Cassava frogskin	Phytoreolike virus (probably)
Cassava green mottle	Cassava green mottle virus
Cassava symptomless infections	Cassava American latent virus Cassava Ivorian bacilliform virus
Cassava vein mosaic	Cassava vein mosaic virus
Indian cassava mosaic	Indian cassava mosaic virus
Witches' broom	Phytoplasma