This is a list of diseases and disorders found in potatoes.
Bacterial diseases
| Bacterial Diseases | |
|---|---|
| Bacterial wilt = brown rot | 
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| Blackleg and bacterial soft rot | Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. atrosepticum  
 P. c. subsp. carotovorum  
 carotovora 
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| Pink eye | Pseudomonas fluorescens | 
| Ring rot | Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. sepedonicus  
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| Common scab | 
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| Zebra chip = Psyllid yellows? | Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum | 
Fungal diseases
| Fungal diseases | |
|---|---|
| Black dot | 
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| Brown spot and Black pit | 
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| Cercospora leaf blotch | 
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| Charcoal rot | 
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| Choanephora blight | |
| Common rust | |
| Deforming rust | |
| Early blight | |
| Fusarium dry rot | Fusarium spp. 
 Other spp. include: | 
| Fusarium wilt | Fusarium spp. | 
| Gangrene | Phoma solanicola f. foveata 
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| Gray mold | 
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| Phoma leaf spot | Ph. andigena var. andina | 
| Powdery mildew | |
| Rhizoctonia canker and black scurf | |
| Rosellinia black rot | Rosellinia sp.  
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| Septoria leaf spot | |
| Silver scurf | |
| Skin spot | |
| Stem rot (southern blight) | |
| Thecaphora smut | 
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| Ulocladium blight | |
| Verticillium wilt | |
| Wart | |
| White mold | |
Protistan diseases
| Protistan diseases | |
|---|---|
| Late blight (oomycete) | |
| Leak (oomycete) | Pythium spp.  | 
| Pink rot (oomycete) | Phytophthora spp.  | 
| Powdery scab (Rhizaria) | |
Viral and viroid diseases
| Viral and viroid diseases | |
|---|---|
| Alfalfa mosaic virus | genus Alfamovirus, Alfalfa mosaic virus (AMV) | 
| Andean potato latent virus | genus Tymovirus, Andean potato latent virus (APLV) | 
| Andean potato mottle virus | genus Comovirus, Andean potato mottle virus (APMV) | 
| Arracacha virus B - Oca strain | genus Nepovirus, Arracacha virus B Oca strain (AVB-O) | 
| Beet curly top virus | genus Curtovirus, Beet curly top virus (BCTV) | 
| Cucumber mosaic virus | genus Cucumovirus, Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) | 
| Eggplant mottle dwarf virus | genus Rhabdovirus, Eggplant mottle dwarf virus (EMDV) | 
| Potato aucuba mosaic virus | genus Potexvirus, Potato aucuba mosaic virus (PAMV) | 
| Potato black ringspot virus | genus Nepovirus, Potato black ringspot virus (PBRSV) | 
| Potato deforming mosaic virus | genus Geminiviridae Potato deforming mosaic virus subgroup III, (PDMV) | 
| Potato latent virus | genus Carlavirus, Potato latent virus (PLV) | 
| Potato leafroll virus | genus Luteovirus, Potato leafroll virus (PLRV) | 
| Potato mop-top virus (spraing of tubers) | genus Furovirus, Potato mop-top virus (PMTV) | 
| Potato rugose mosaic | genus Potyvirus, Potato virus Y (PVY, strains O, N and C) | 
| Potato stem mottle (spraing of tubers) | genus Tobravirus, Tobacco rattle virus (TRV) | 
| Potato spindle tuber | Potato spindle tuber viroid (PSTVd) | 
| Potato yellow dwarf virus | genus Nucleorhabdovirus, Potato yellow dwarf virus (PYDV) | 
| Potato yellow mosaic virus | genus Geminiviridae, Potato yellow mosaic virus (PYMV); subgroup III | 
| Potato yellow vein virus | Potato yellow vein virus (PYVV) | 
| Potato yellowing virus | genus Alfamovirus, Potato yellowing virus (PYV) | 
| Potato virus A | genus Potyvirus, Potato virus A (PVA) | 
| Potato virus M | genus Carlavirus, Potato virus M (PVM) | 
| Potato virus S | genus Carlavirus, Potato virus S (PVS) | 
| Potato virus H | genus Carlavirus, Potato virus H (PVH) | 
| Potato virus T | genus Trichovirus, Potato virus T | 
| Potato virus U | genus Nepovirus, Potato virus U (PVU) | 
| Potato virus V | genus Potyvirus, Potato virus V (PVV) | 
| Potato virus X | genus Potexvirus, Potato virus X (PVX) | 
| Potato virus Y | genus Potyvirus, Potato virus Y (PVY) | 
| Solanum apical leaf curling virus | Geminiviridae, Solanum apical leaf curling virus (SALCV) subgroup III | 
| Sowbane mosaic virus | genus Sobemovirus, Sowbane mosaic virus (SoMV) | 
| Tobacco mosaic virus | genus Tobamovirus, Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) | 
| Tobacco necrosis virus | genus Necrovirus, Tobacco necrosis virus (TNV) | 
| Tobacco rattle virus | genus Tobravirus, Tobacco rattle virus (TRV) | 
| Tobacco streak virus | genus Ilarvirus, Tobacco streak virus (TSV) | 
| Tomato black ring virus | genus Nepovirus, Tomato black ring virus (ToBRV) | 
| Tomato mosaic virus | genus Tobamovirus, Tomato mosaic virus (ToMV) | 
| Tomato spotted wilt virus | genus Tospovirus, Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) | 
| Tomato yellow mosaic virus | genus Geminiviridae, Tomato yellow mosaic virus (ToYMV) subgroup III | 
| Wild potato mosaic virus | genus Potyvirus, Wild potato mosaic virus (WPMV) | 
Nematode parasitic
| Nematode parasitic | |
|---|---|
| Potato cyst nematode | |
| Lesion nematode | Pratylenchus spp. | 
| Potato rot nematode | |
| Root knot nematode | Meloidogyne spp. | 
| Sting nematode | |
| Stubby-root nematode | Paratrichodorus spp. | 
Phytoplasmal diseases
| Phytoplasmal diseases | |
|---|---|
| Aster yellows | Aster yellows group of phytoplasmas | 
| Witches'-broom | Witches’ broom phytoplasma | 
| BLTVA | The beet leafhopper-transmitted virescence agent | 
Miscellaneous diseases and disorders
| Miscellaneous diseases and disorders | |
|---|---|
| Aerial tubers | Phytoplasma infection or anything that constricts the stem, including but not limited to Rhizoctonia canker, heat necrosis, chemical injury, mechanical injury, wind injury | 
| Air pollution injury | Photochemical oxidants (primarily ozone), sulfur oxides | 
| Black heart | Oxygen deficiency of internal tuber tissue | 
| Blackspot bruise | Bruising, pressure contact | 
| Elephant hide | Roughening of tuber skin due to physiological or environmental causes | 
| Hollow heart | Excessively rapid tuber enlargement | 
| Internal brown spot = heat necrosis | Oxygen deficiency of tuber accompanying high soil temperature | 
| Jelly end rot | Carbohydrate translocation due to second growth | 
| Physiological leaf roll | Response to adverse environment | 
| Psyllid yellows | Toxic saliva of the potato (tomato) psyllid, Paratrioza cockerelli | 
| Shatter bruise | Mechanical damage to tuber | 
| Skinning | Mechanical damage to tuber | 
| Stem-end browning | Exact cause(s) unknown, chemical injury, viruses or other pathogens. | 
References
- ↑ William Surman (19 August 2010). "Major new disease threat to potatoes". Farmers Guardian / UBM Information Ltd. Archived from the original on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
- ↑ Nowicki, Marcin; et al. (17 August 2011), "Potato and tomato late blight caused by Phytophthora infestans: An overview of pathology and resistance breeding", Plant Dis, Plant Disease, ASP, 96 (1): 4–17, doi:10.1094/PDIS-05-11-0458, PMID 30731850
External links
- Sparks, Adam; Kennelly, Megan (May 2008). "Common Scab of Potato" (PDF). Kansas State University Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service. Retrieved 2018-01-06.