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Diseases of Beans and Peas. Root Rots Fusarium solani f. sp. phaseoli f. sp. pisi. Beans and peas, respectively Soilborne Favored by wet or poorly drained soils Avoid areas with a history of disease Crop rotation Improve drainage Use fungicide-treated seed.
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Root RotsFusarium solani f. sp. phaseolif. sp. pisi Beans and peas, respectively Soilborne Favored by wet or poorly drained soils Avoid areas with a history of disease Crop rotation Improve drainage Use fungicide-treated seed
Root RotsRhizoctonia solani Beans and peas Soilborne Favored by wet or poorly drained soils Avoid areas with a history of disease Crop rotation Improve drainage Use fungicide-treated seed
Web BlightRhizoctonia solani Beans Soilborne Favored by warm temperatures, rain and high humidity
Botrytis Blight (Gray Mold)Botrytis cinerea Beans & English peas Soilborne Windborne spores Favored by cool (68-77F), wet conditions Improve air circulation Avoid excessive fertilization Use fungicides during flowering
Southern Blight Sclerotium rolfsii Beans Soilborne Favored by warm, wet conditions Deep plowing to bury sclerotia Crop rotation Resistant varieties
White Mold (Watery Soft Rot)Sclerotinia sclerotiorum Beans & English peas Soilborne Windborne spores Favored by cool (68-77F), wet conditions Improve air circulation Avoid excessive fertilization Use fungicides during flowering
AnthracnoseColletotrichum lindemuthianum Beans and southern peas Primarily seedborne Can survive on infected crop residues in soil Splash-dispersed Resistant varieties Clean seed Fungicides Crop rotation (2 years between susceptible crops)
Common Bacterial Blight Xanthomonas campestrispv. phaseoli Beans and southern peas Seed-borne Infected crop residue Splashing water Favored by warmer temperatures & high humidity Clean seed Resistant cultivars Crop rotation Copper fungicides (?)
Halo Blight Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola Seed-borne Splashing water Systemic in the plant Favored by cool, wet weather Beans 5363914 • Clean seed • Resistant varieties • Copper fungicides 5363916
Bean RustUromycesappendiculatus Beans Windborne Favored by warm, humid conditions Resistant varieties Avoid excessive N Sanitation Fungicides
Resources http://lsuagcenter.com/plantdiagnostics http://www.ipmimages.org/ http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/ http://vegetablemdonline.ppath.cornell.edu http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/department_plant_pathology http://laplantpath.wordpress.com http://www.extension.org/
Resources • LSU AgCenter Plant Diagnostic Center • LSU AgCenter Soil Testing & Plant Analysis Lab