This article is a list of diseases of sweet potatoes (Ipomoea batatas).
Contents |
| Bacterial diseases |
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|---|---|
| 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 |
|
|---|---|
| Alternaria leaf spot and stem blight |
Alternaria spp. |
| Alternaria storage rot |
Alternaria spp. |
| Anthracnose | |
| Black rot |
Ceratocystis fimbriata |
| Blue mold rot |
Penicillium spp. |
| Cercospora leaf spot |
Cercospora spp. |
| Charcoal rot | |
| Chlorotic leaf distortion |
Fusarium lateritium |
| Circular spot |
Sclerotium rolfsii |
| Dry rot |
Diaporthe phaseolorum |
| End rot |
Fusarium spp. |
| Foot rot | |
| Fusarium root rot and stem canker | |
| Fusarium wilt (stem rot) | |
| Gray mold rot |
Botrytis cinerea |
| Java black rot | |
| Leaf mold | |
| Mottle necrosis |
Pythium spp. |
| Phyllosticta leaf blight | |
| Phymatotrichum root rot (cotton root rot) | |
| Pink root | Phoma terrestris |
| Punky rot | |
| Rhizoctonia stem canker (sprout rot) |
Rhizoctonia solani |
| Rhizopus soft rot | |
| Rootlet rot |
Fusarium solani |
| Rust, red | |
| Rust, white | |
| Scab, leaf and stem |
Sphaceloma batatas |
| Southern blight Sclerotial blight |
|
| Scurf | |
| Septoria leaf spot | |
| Storage rot |
Epicoccum spp. |
| Surface rot | |
| Violet root rot | |
| Miscellaneous diseases and disorders |
|
|---|---|
| False broom rape | Splinterus maximus |
| Streptomyces soil rot (pox) | Streptomyces ipomoeae |
| Nematodes, parasitic |
|
|---|---|
| Brown ring of roots (bulb and stem nematode) | |
| Burrowing | |
| Dagger | |
| Lesion | |
| Pin |
Paratylenchus spp. |
| Reniform | |
| Root-knot |
Meloidogyne spp. |
| Spiral |
Helicotylenchus spp. |
| Sting | |
| Stubby-root |
Paratrichodorus spp. |
| Stunt |
Tylenchorhynchus spp. |
| Viral and viroid diseases |
|
|---|---|
| Feathery mottle | Sweet potato feathery mottle virus (SPFMV) |
| Internal cork | Internal cork strain of Sweet potato feathery mottle virus (SPFMV-IC) |
| Latent virus | Sweet potato latent virus (SPLV) |
| Mild mottle | Sweet 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 [1] |
| Yellow dwarf | Sweet potato yellow dwarf virus (SPYDV) |