List of cassava diseases

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

Bacterial and Phytoplasma diseases

Bacterial and mycoplasma-like diseases
AntholysisPhytoplasma[which?] (Candidatus Phytoplasma spp.)
Witches' broomPhytoplasma[which?] (Candidatus Phytoplasma spp.)
Bacterial blightXanthomonas axonopodis pv. manihotis
Bacterial angular leaf spotXanthomonas campestris pv. cassavae
Bacterial stem gallAgrobacterium tumefaciens Biovar 1
Bacterial stem rotErwinia carotovora subsp. carotovora
Bacterial wiltErwinia herbicola (syn. Pantoea agglomerans)

Fungal diseases

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.[which?]

Hendersonula toruloidea [syanamorph]
Blight leaf spotCercospora vicosae
Brown leaf spot

Cercosporidium henningsii

Mycosphaerella henningsii [teleomorph]
Cassava ashOidium manihotis
Concentric ring leaf spot

Phyllosticta manihotae
P. manihoticola

Dematophora root rot (Rosellinia root rot)

Dematophora necatrix

Rosellinia necatrix [teleomorph]
Diplodia root and stem rotDiplodia manihoti
Fusarium root rot

Fusarium oxysporum
F. solani

Nectria haematococca [teleomorph]
Rigidopurus root rot

Rigidoporus microporus

= Rigidoporus lignosus
RustUromyces spp.[which?]
Sclerotium root rot (southern blight)

Sclerotium rolfsii

Athelia rolfsii [teleomorph]
Superelongation

Sphaceloma manihoticola

Elsinoë brasiliensis [teleomorph]
Verticillium root and stem rotVerticillium dahliae
White leaf spotPhaeoramularia manihotis

Oomycete diseases

Oomycete diseases
Phytophthora root rot

P. cryptogea
P. drechsleri
P. erythroseptica
P. nicotianae var. parasitica

Pythium root rotPythium spp.[which?]

Miscellaneous diseases and disorders

Miscellaneous diseases and disorders
Post-harvest root rotPhysiologic and pathogenic deteriorations
Root smallpox diseaseMicrobial rotting after feeding by Cyrtomenus bergi

Viral diseases

Viruses are a severe problem in the tropics. Viruses are the primary reason for the complete lack of yield increases in the 25 years up to 2019.[1]

Viral diseases
African cassava mosaicAfrican cassava mosaic virus (ACMV)
Cassava brown streak diseaseCassava brown streak virus[2] (CBSV)
Cassava common mosaicCassava common mosaic virus (CsCMV)
Cassava frogskinCassava Frogskin-Associated Virus [3] (CsFSaV)
Cassava green mottleCassava green mottle virus[4] (CGMV)
Cassava symptomless infectionsCassava American latent virus (CsAlV)

Cassava Ivorian bacilliform virus[5] (CIBV)

Cassava vein mosaicCassava vein mosaic virus (CsVMV)
Indian cassava mosaicIndian cassava mosaic virus (ICMV)

References