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Plant Disease. 1. What are two things that cause most plant diseases?. Improper growing environment Microorganisms. Proper Growing Environment Includes: Moisture Light Air Nutrients Proper temperature. 2. What are the 3 types of microorganisms that cause plant disease?. Bacteria
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1. What are two things that cause most plant diseases? Improper growing environment Microorganisms • Proper Growing Environment Includes: • Moisture • Light • Air • Nutrients • Proper temperature
2. What are the 3 types of microorganisms that cause plant disease? Bacteria Viruses Fungi
3. How can bacteria get into plants? Enter plants through stoma or through wounds
4. Sketch and label the three shapes of bacteria. Coccus Bacillus Spirella
5. What are the 3 most common diseases caused by bacteria? Rot Leaf Spot Blight
6. What are 2 common diseases caused by viruses? Mosaic Yellows
7. What are 3 diseases caused by fungi? Rusts Mildews Smuts
8. How do insects spread plant diseases? By feeding on plants, especially insects with piercing-sucking mouthparts
9. What are the 2 plants disease caused by soil fungi? Root Rot Damping Off
10. List 2 methods of preventing soil-borne diseases? Soil pasteurization Coat seeds with fungicides
11. What kind of plant diseases are spread by wind? Rust diseases
12. How do humans spread plant diseases? Pruning, watering, hoeing
13. What can we do to prevent the spread of plant disease by humans? Basic sanitation, disinfecting equipment
14. How can we prevent the spread of plant disease when watering plants? Avoid splashing water and soil on plants
15. Resistant varieties Some plants are resistant to some diseases
16. Quarantine Keep diseased plants away from healthy plants
17. Sanitation Burn diseased plants Remove weeds Remove debris Remove diseases limbs from trees
BLACK SPOT Fungi: Marssonina rosae
Black Spot Fungi
Septoria leaf spot Fungi: Septoria albopunctata
Bacterial Leaf Spot Xanthomonas campestris
FIRE BLIGHT Bacteria: Erwinia amylovora
LATE BLIGHT Fungi: Phytophthora infestans
Phytopthora Fungi
Blight Fungi
EARLY BLIGHT Fungi – Alternaria solani
EAR ROT Fungi: Fusarium moniliforme
BLOSSOM END ROT Cause: Lack of calcium uptake during dry weather
BROWN ROT Fungi: Monilinia fructicola
STEM RUST Fungi: Puccinia graminis
CORN SMUT Fungi - Ustilago maydis
CORN SMUT Fungi - Ustilago maydis
Powdery Mildew Fungi – Blumeria graminis
Verticillium Wilt Fungi – Verticillium albo-atrum V. dahliae V. longisporum
GALLS Most galls are caused by irritation and/or stimulation of plant cells due to feeding or egg-laying by insects such as aphids, midges, wasps, or mites. Some galls are the result of infections by bacteria, fungi, or nematodes and are difficult to tell apart from insect-caused galls.
CANKER Fungi – Cytospora sp.
TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS Virus - Tobamovirus
Damping Off Fungi - Rhizoctonia solani
Damping Off Fungi – Pythium sp.
Anthracnose Fungi - Colletotrichum coccodes
Sclerophoma - dieback Fungi
Sparassis Fungi