This article is a list of diseases of the sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas).
Bacterial diseases
Bacterial diseases Bacterial leaf spot Xanthomonas campestris (Pammel) Dowson Bacterial stem and root rot Erwinia chrysanthemi Bacterial wilt Ralstonia solanacearum Crown gall Agrobacterium tumefaciens Hairy roots Agrobacterium rhizogenes Little leaf (proliferation disease) Phytoplasma
Fungal diseases
Fungal diseases Alternaria leaf spot and stem blight Alternaria spp. Alternaria storage rot Alternaria spp. Black rot Ceratocystis fimbriataChalara sp. [anamorph] Blue mold rot Penicillium spp. Cercospora leaf spot Cercospora spp. Phaeoisariopsis bataticola Cercospora bataticola, C. batatas, C. ipomoeae Charcoal rot Macrophomina phaseolina Chlorotic leaf distortion Fusarium lateritiumGibberella baccata [teleomorph] Circular spot Sclerotium rolfsii Athelia rolfsii [teleomorph] Dry rot Diaporthe phaseolorum Diaporthe batatatis Phomopsis phaseoli [anamorph] End rot Fusarium spp. Fusarium solani Nectria haematococca [teleomorph] Foot rot Plenodomus destruens Fusarium root rot and stem canker Fusarium solani Fusarium wilt (stem rot) Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. batatas Gray mold rot Botrytis cinerea Botryotinia fuckeliana [teleomorph] Java black rot Lasiodiplodia theobromae Diplodia gossypina Leaf mold Choanephora cucurbitarum Mottle necrosis Pythium spp. Pythium scleroteichum Pythium ultimum Phytophthora spp. Phyllosticta leaf blight Phomopsis ipomeae-batatas Phyllosticta batatas Phymatotrichum root rot (cotton root rot) Phymatotrichopsis omnivora Phymatotrichum omnivorum Pink root Phoma terrestris Pyrenochaeta terrestris Punky rot Trichoderma spp. Trichoderma koningii Rhizoctonia stem canker (sprout rot) Rhizoctonia solani Thanatephorus cucumeris [teleomorph] Rhizopus soft rot Rhizopus spp. Rhizopus stolonifer Rootlet rot Fusarium solani Pythium spp. Pythium ultimum Rhizoctonia solani Streptomyces ipomoeae Rust, red Coleosporium ipomoeae Rust, white Albugo ipomoeae-panduratae Scab, leaf and stem Sphaceloma batatas Elsinoe batatas [teleomorph] Southern blight Sclerotial blight Sclerotium rolfsii Scurf Monilochaetes infuscans Septoria leaf spot Septoria bataticola Storage rot Epicoccum spp. Fusarium solani Mucor racemosus Sclerotinia spp. Surface rot Fusarium oxysporum Fusarium solani Violet root rot Helicobasidium mompa
Nematodes, parasitic
Nematodes, parasiticBrown ring of roots (bulb and stem nematode) Ditylenchus dipsaci Ditylenchus destructorBurrowing Radopholus similisDagger Xiphinema spp. Xiphinema americanumLesion Pratylenchus brachyurus Pratylenchus coffeaePin Paratylenchus spp. Reniform Rotylenchulus reniformisRoot-knot Meloidogyne spp. Meloidogyne arenaria Meloidogyne hapla Meloidogyne incognita Meloidogyne javanicaSpiral Helicotylenchus spp. Sting Belonolaimus longicaudatusStubby-root Paratrichodorus spp. Paratrichodorus minorStunt Tylenchorhynchus spp.
Viral and viroid diseases
Viral and viroid diseasesFeathery mottle Sweet potato feathery mottle virus (SPFMV) Internal cork Internal cork strain of Sweet potato feathery mottle virus (SPFMV-IC) Latent virusSweet potato latent virus (SPLV) Mild mottleSweet potato mild mottle virus (SPMMV) Russet crack Russet crack strain of Sweet potato feathery mottle virus (SPFMV-RC) Sweet potato virus disease (SPVD)Sweet potato feathery mottle virus and Sweet potato chlorotic stunt virus
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