List of pear diseases

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This article is a list of diseases of pears (Pyrus communis).

Contents

[edit] Bacterial diseases

Bacterial diseases
Crown gall Agrobacterium tumefaciens
Fire blight Erwinia amylovora
Pseudomonas blossom blast and canker Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae

[edit] Fungal diseases

Fungal diseases
Alternaria fruit rot Alternaria spp.
Anthracnose canker and bull's-eye rot Pezicula malicorticus

Cryptosporiopsis curvispora [anamorph]

Armillaria root rot (shoestring root rot) Armillaria mellea

Rhizomorpha subcorticalis [anamorph]

Bitter rot Glomerella cingulata

Colletotrichum gloeosporioides [anamorph]

Black rot, leaf spot and canker Botryosphaeria obtusa

Sphaeropsis malorum [anamorph]

Black spot (of Japanese pear) Alternaria alternata
Blister canker Helminthosporium papulosum
Blister disease Coniothecium chromatosporum
Blue mold rot Penicillium spp.

P. expansum

Botrytis spur and blossom blight Botrytis cinerea

Botryotinia fuckeliana [teleomorph]

Brown rot Monilinia fructicola

M. laxa

Cladosporium fruit rot Cladosporium herbarum

Mycosphaerella tassiana [teleomorph]

Clitocybe root rot (mushroom root rot)
Armillaria tabescens = Clitocybe tabescens
Coprinus rot Coprinus psychromorbidus
Dematophora root rot (Rosellinia root rot) Rosellinia necatrix

Dematophora necatrix [anamorph]

Diplodia canker Botryosphaeria stevensii = Physalospora malorum

Diplodia mutila [anamorph]

Elsinoe leaf and fruit spot Elsinoe piri

Sphaceloma pirinum [anamorph]

European canker Nectria galligena

Cylindrocarpon heteronemum [anamorph]

Fabraea leaf and fruit spot Diplocarponmespili = Fabraea maculata

Entomosporium mespili [anamorph]

Fly speck Schizothyrium pomi

Zygophiala jamaicensis [anamorph]

Gibberella canker Gibberella baccata

Fusarium lateritium [anamorph]

Gray mold rot Botrytis cinerea
Late leaf spot Cercospora minima
Mucor fruit rot Mucor spp.

M. piriformis

Mycosphaerella leaf spot (ashy leaf spot and fruit spot) Mycosphaerella pyri = M. sentina

Septoria pyricola [anamorph]

Nectria twig blight (coral spot) Nectria cinnabarina

Tubercularia vulgaris [anamorph]

Pear scab Venturia pirina

Fusicladium pyrorum [anamorph]

Perennial canker Neofabrae perennans

Cryptosporiopsis perennans [anamorph]

Phyllosticta leaf spot Phyllosticta sp.
Phytophthora crown and root rot (sprinkler rot) Phytophthora cactorum
Pink mold rot Trichothecium roseum = Cephalothecium roseum
Powdery mildew Podosphaera leucotricha
Pythium dieback Pythium spp.
Rhizopus rot Rhizopus stolonifer
Rust, American hawthorne Gymnosporangium globosum
Rust, Kern's pear Gymnosporangium kernianum
Rust, Pacific Coast pear Gymnosporangium libocedri
Rust, pear trellis (European pear rust) Gymnosporangium fuscum
Rust, Rocky Mountain pear Gymnosporangium nelsonii
Side rot Phialophora malorum
Silver leaf Chondrostereum pupureum
Sooty blotch Gloeodes pomigena
Thread blight (Hypochnus leaf blight) Corticium stevensii = Pellicularia koleroga = Hypochnus ochroleucus
Valsa canker Valsa ceratosperma

Cytospora sacculus [anamorph]

Wood rot Trametes versicolor

and various basidiomycetes

Xylaria root rot Xylaria spp.

[edit] Miscellaneous diseases and disorders

Miscellaneous diseases and disorders
Alfalfa greening (green stain) Unknown
Bitter pit Localized calcium deficiency
Black end Water imbalance
Black speck (skin speckling) Associated with low oxygen in storage
Blossom blast Boron deficiency
Brown core High CO2
Core breakdown (Bartlett) Senescence
Core spot Associated with calcium deficiency
Green stain Unknown
Internal bark necrosis Unknown
Mealy core (d`Anjou) Senescence
Pink end (Bartlett) Preharvest low temperature
Rosette Unknown
Scald Senescence

[edit] Nematodes, parasitic

Nematodes, parasitic
Dagger, American Xiphinema americanum
Dagger X. riveri

X. vuittenezi

Lesion Pratylenchus spp.

P. penetrans

Pin Paratylenchus spp.
Root-knot Meloidogyne spp.

[edit] Viruslike diseases

(Also mycoplasmalike organism [MLO])

Viruslike diseases
Flemish beauty corky pit Virus suspected
Pear blister canker Virus suspected
Pear decline MLO
Pear freckle pit Virus suspected
Pear red mottle Virus suspected
Pear ring pattern mosaic Virus suspected
Pear rough bark Virus suspected
Pear stony pit Virus suspected
Pear vein yellows Virus suspected
Quince bark necrosis Virus suspected
Quince sooty ring spot Virus suspected
Quince stunt Virus suspected
Quince yellow blotch Virus suspected

[edit] References