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S/N Crop Disease Name Disease Description
1 Temparomosis A sight weakening disease and yellow fever
2 Waterkalinasis Watery eyes disease
3 Cinchinasis A sickness on chinichin
4 Janjanwuya A disease of red stem of plants
5 Running Nose Watery nosing
6 Cloth-moth Moths the stems of crop-trees
7 Jute Mallow (Ewedu, Ayoyo ) Corchorus olitirus Foot rot and wilting disease Foot rot and wilting; Control: Cultivation on a well-drained beds and wide spacing
8 Jute Mallow (Ewedu, Ayoyo ) Corchorus olitirus Black leaf spots and circular leaf spot disease Black leaf spots and circular leaf spot disease; Control: Cultivation on a well-drained beds and wide spacing
9 Jute Mallow (Ewedu, Ayoyo ) Corchorus olitirus Leaf deformation and retarded growth disease Leaf deformation and retarded growth disease; Control: Crop rotation, Plant disease free seed
10 Jute Mallow (Ewedu, Ayoyo ) Corchorus olitirus Nematode disease Galls on root, stunted growth; Control: Avoid planting crops susceptible to knot nematode infestation for at least a year, Add high organic manure into the soil
11 Powdery mildewM White powdery growth on flower, fruit, leaf, young stem,
12 Anthracnose diseaseM a. brown to deep brown spots on leaf surface , spots become blighted/burn and ruptured and leave a short hole b. same symptoms can appear on flower an other parts
13 DiebackM a. more noticablearound October and November b. death of twig/ypung stem from top downwards c. common in older trees
14 Sooty Mould or Black MildewM a. it is common whrere honey dew or sugary substance secreting insects are b. black velvet thin membraneous covering on leaves, stems and fruits c. affected leaves curl and shrivels in dry condition
15 ScabM a. prevalent in nursery on seedlings and young plant b. blotches on the bark of stem c. spots on the mango fruit d. lesions are also form on plant part e. rainy season aid disease
16 Black bandedM a. black velvet fungal growth on veins of leave, twigs and branches b. infected parts have black banded appearance
17 Pink disease or Thread blight or rubellosis 0r cobweb disease a. internal tissue of infected plant becomes pink coloured b. white, felty fungal thread on twigs and branch crotches c. fungi grow round the stem d. infected barks get shredded and wood exposed e. shoot and branches wilt and dry
18 Alternaria spotM a. small, brownish circular spots on leavesand fruits and as black patches on twigs b. round black spot occurs evenly on lamina
19 Root rot and damping offM a. sudden seedling leave drop after emergence b. seedling collapse and die c. prevalent during prolong rainy and humid period
20 Gummosis a. oozing of gum on surface of affected bark b. bark cracks longitudinally c. bark rot completely and tree dries
21 Bacterial canker diseaseM a. Initial water sosk lesion onleaves, leaf stalks, stem, twigs, branches, fruits which later turn into CANKER (hard swollen mass)
22 Alga Red rustM a. Rusty red substances on leave surface, veins, petioles, and young twigs b. Rust later disappear leaving and leave a white creamy spot.
23 lichens a. patch-like growth on stem and branches; can be pinkish, whitish
24 Parasite and epiphytesM a. they are entirely different plant growing on mango. b. Point of entry into host is usually swollen (burr)
25 Cercospora leafspot caused by Cercospora sesame
26 leaf curl Causeed by Xanthosomonas campestris pr . Sesame
27 Bacterial blight Caused by Xanthomonas sp.
28 Bacterial soft rot Erwinia caratovora
29 Blackleg Leptosphaeria maculans
30 Black rot Xanthomonas campestris
31 Clubroot Plasmodiophora brassicae
32 Downey Mildew Perenospora parasitica
33 lnflorescence blight diseases Iasiodiplodia tbeobroma
34 Rot of developing cashew nuts . L. theobroma b. Aspergillus tamari c. penicillium citrium
35 Rot of pseudoapple a. Gealticbuw cardidum b) Mucus spinosus c) penecillium citri d) Aspergillus sp e) Ensad nw. sp
36 Leaves spot disease of cashew seedlings Curyularia senegalensis
37 Leaf blight of cashew pestalotia paeoniae
38 Root rot of cashew seedlings Pythium Ultimum
39 Storage diseases of harvested nuts paecilomuyce varioti ii) Aspergillus niger iii) Fusarium sp. iv) Penicillium sp.
40 African Cassava Mosaic Disease (ACMD) Virus
41 Bacterial Blight Bacterial
42 Leaf Spot Fungus
43 Cassava Root Rot Diseases Fungi
44 White rust b
45 Cauliflower Bacterial soft rot a
46 Cauliflower Blackleg a
47 Cauliflower Black rot a
48 Cauliflower Clubroot a
49 Celosia White rust a
50 Alternaria leaf spot a
51 Root rot nematode a
52 Black pod disease a
53 Swollen Shoot Disease a
54 Witches Broom a
55 Leaf blight Fungi
56 Soft rot Fungi
57 coffee Bacterial blight pseudomonas syringae
58 Cercospora leaf spot (brown eye spot, berry blotch) a
59 Coffee berry disease colletotrichum kahawae
60 Coffee leaf rust hemileia vastatrix
61 Bacterial blight of cotton bacteria caused
62 Alternaria leaf spot of ctton fungus
63 Die-back disease of cotton a
64 Cercospora leaf spot of cotton a
65 coowpea Leaf spot disease • Fungal disease
66 cowpea Rot caused by bacteria
67 cowpea Nematode disease caused by nematode
68 cowpea Damping-off disease • Caused by fungus
69 Graphiola Leafspot Fungus
70 Bayoud disease Fungus
71 Diplodia disease Fungus
72 Powdery Mildew Fungi
73 Angular leaf spot Bacterium
74 Fusarium wilt Fungi
75 crown and root rot Fungi (Phytophthora spp)
76 Downy mildew Fungi
77 cucumber mosaic diseases Virus
78 Alternaria Leaf Blight Fungal
79 Cercospora Leaf Blight Fungi
80 Root Knot Nematode Nematode
81 Charcoal Rot Fungus
82 Southern Blight Fungus
83 White mold Fungus
84 Okra Enation Leaf Curl Virus Virus
85 Yello vein Mosaic Virus Virus
86 Anthracnose Fungi
87 Wet rot Fungi
88 Damping off Fungi
89 Bacterial Wilt caused by bacteria
90 Groundnut rosette disease caused by a virus
91 Early and late leaf spots fungus caused
92 Groundnut Rusts a
93 Aflatoxins a fungus
94 Leaf blotch fungal
95 Algal Spot a
96 Rust a fungus
97 Blackleg and Soft Rot bacteria caused
98 Ring Rot bacteria caused. Clavibacter michiganensis ssp. Sepedonicus
99 Common Scab bacteria caused. Streptomyces scabies
100 Powdery Scab fungal caused Spongospora subterranea
101 Late Blight fungal caused Phytophthora infestans
102 Early Blight fungal caused Alternaria solani
103 Stem Rot fungal caused.. Sclerotium rolfsi
104 Fusarium Dry Rot and Wilt fungal caused Fusarium spp.
105 Potato Leaf-roll virus virus
106 Potato Viruses Y and A virus
107 Potato Mop-Top Virus virus
108 Root-knot Nematodes Meloidogyne spp.
109 Lesion Nematodes nematode caused Pratylenchus spp.
110 Corn Smut Fungus caused
111 Maize Streak disease caused by virus
112 Blight a
113 Rot a
114 Monosporascus Root a fungal disease
115 Smut A fungal disease
116 Panama disease a
117 Cigar and rot a
118 Cordana leaf spot a
119 Rhizome rot a
120 Banana mosaic a
121 Sigatoka disease a
122 Bacterial bud rot a bacteria disease
123 Oil palm wilt a fungal disease
124 Ganoderma butt rot a fungal disease
125 Pestalotiopsis leaf spot a fungal disease
126 Basal stem Rot (Ganoderma boninense) A fungal disease
127 Freckle (Cercospora elaeidis) A fungal disease
128 Blast (Pythium Splendens) A fungal disease
129 Onion Twister a
130 Purple Blotch a fungal disease
131 Fusarium damping-off a
132 Fusarium Basal Plate rot a
133 Onion Yellow Dwarf a
134 Black Mold a fungal disease
135 Leaf Streak and bulb rot a
136 White rot a
137 Bacterial heart rot a bacteria disease
138 Butt rot a
139 Marbling a
140 Mealybug wilt or Pineapple wilt virus (PWV) a virus disease
141 Root rot A
142 Bacterial Leaf blight a
143 Bacterial Leaf Streak a
144 Rice Blast a
145 Brown leaf spot a
146 White root disease caused by (Rigidoporus Lignosus (Klotzsch))
147 Brown Root Rot Disease caused by (Phellinus noxius)
148 Armillaria root rot caused by (Armillaria mellea)
149 Black stripe caused by (Phytophthora palmivora)
150 Mouldy Rot Disease caused by (Ceratocystis Fimbrata)
151 Bird’s eye leaf spot caused by (Dreschlera hevea)
152 Gloeosporium Leaf Disease caused by (Colletorichum Gloesporoides)
153 Frogeye leaf spot a
154 Brown spot a
155 Red Rot • Caused by fungi • Through soil, air, rainfall splash and diseased setts
156 Grassy Shoots • Caused by bacteria (Phytoplasma)
157 Wilt • Through soil, seed pieces, wind, rain and irrigation water
158 Leaf Scald • Caused by bacteria
159 Red Striped • Caused by bacteria
160 Sugarcane Mosaic • Caused by virus
161 PokkahBoeng • Through air-current, infected setts, irrigation water, splashed rains and soil
162 Sugarcane yellow leaf • Caused by virus
163 Stem Rot or Wilt fungal caused
164 Scurf fungal disease
165 Soil Rot fungal disease
166 Sclerotial Blight. and Circular Spot, fungal disease
167 Java Black Rot fungal disease
168 Sweet potato virus disease (SPVD) virus disease
169 Virus — feathery mottle virus disease
170 Internal cork virus disease
171 Septoria Leaf Spot fungal disease
172 Watermelon mosaic a virus disease
173 Yam mosaic disease caused by fungus
174 Yam rot caused by fungus
175 Yam leaf spot caused by virus
176 Fall Army worm A disease that is common to maize and other cereals it affects the fruit of the crop as it is eaten by the pest
S/N Crop Disease Name Disease Description