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List of Identified Diseases Affecting Asian Vegetables*

VegetableSymptomsPart affectedPestCommon name
Asian HerbBrown spotsLeavesAlternaria spp.Target spot
Chinese BroccoliLesionsLeavesAlternaria spp.Target spot
Spotting LeavesPuccinia cymbopogonis
SpottingLeavesPeronospora parasitica Downy mildew
Clubs on rootsRoot Plasmodiophora brassicaeClubroot
PurplingWhole plantPythium spp.Damping off
Stem rot, discolourationStem base (tap-root)Fusarium oxysporumFusarium yellows
DiscolourationLeaves & stemLeptosphaeria maculansBlack leg
Chinese CabbageBlackening of veins and soft rot of basal outer leavesLeavesPseudomonas marginalis
Pseudomonas fluorescens
Bacterial soft rot
Soft rotWhole plantErwinia spp.
Pseudomonad spp.
Browning / spottingWhole plant Turnip mosaic virus
Soft rotRootPythium spp.Root rot
SpotsLeavesPseudocercosporella capsellaeWhite spot
SpotsLeavesAlternaria brassicaeAlternaria leaf spot
SpotsLeavesAlbugo candidaWhite blisters
Clubs on rootRootsPlasmodiophora brassicaeClubroot
LesionsWhole plantLeptosphaeria maculansBlack leg disease
SpotsLeavesPseudocercosporella capsellaeWhite spot
Black spots on the surfaces of midribs on the leavesLeaves Gomasho
Marginal collapse and necrosis at or near the leaf marginsLeaves Tipburn
Chinese Chard
(Pak Choy)
MouldStemsRhizoctonia sppWeir stem
Clubs on rootRootsPlasmodiophora brassicaeClubroot
SpotsLeaves and stemsSeptoria spp.Septoria spot or Late blight
Chinese CeleryRotStemSclerotinia spp.White mold
Grey-black spotting LeavesPhoma lingam Black leg disease
Chinese Flowering CabbageWhite blistersLeavesAlbugo candidaWhite blisters
SpotsLeavesPseudocercosporella capsellaeWhite spot
Yellow spotting on leaves LeavesMycosphaerella brassicicolaRing spot
SpotsLeavesAlternaria brassicaeTarget spot
RotFlower, stemItersonilia perplexansBrown canker
CorianderDiebackRootsPhytophthora spp.Phytophthora root rot
DiebackRootsCentrospora acernia
GallRootsPythium spp.Pythium root rot
Brown lesionsRootsRhizoctonia spp.Crater rot and damping-off
LesionsLeavesP.syringae pv.coriandricola Bacterial leaf spot
SpotsLeavesPseudomonas spp.Bacterial blight
BlemishSkinPhomopsis spp.Tip blight
EggplantLesionsLeaves Downy mildew
SpotsRootsFusarium oxysporumFusarium wilt
Sunken patchesLeavesAlternaria ssp.Alternaria
SpotsLeavesAlternaria spp.Alternaria leaf spot
Japanese PumpkinExternal rot after storagePumpkin fruitCladosporium spp.Scab/gummosis
RotPumpkin fruitFusarium spp.Crown and foot rot
RotPumpkin fruitGliocladium spp.Pink rot
RotPumpkin fruitPenicilium spp.Blue mold rot
RotStalkStemphylium spp.Stalk rot
Small, circular, white powdery patchesLeavesSphaerotheca fuligineaPowdery mildew
Leaves- circular brown spots, runners- pale brown, bleached areas with small black dots, fruit-black, leathery, firm sunken spotsWhole plantDidymella bryoniaeGummy stem blight
Small yellow areas dry out to brown angular spotsLeavesPseudoperonospora cubensisDowny mildew
Leaves- light and dark green mosaic patterns fruit- develop wart like lumpsWhole plant Mosaic virus
MibunaSpots, markingLeavesPseudocercosporella capsellaeWhite spot
Mustard GreenSpotsLeavesAlternaria brassicae
Alternaria brassicicola
Target spot
White spotsLeavesPseudocercosporella capsellaeWhite spot
PennywortMosaic and puckering on leaves Whole plant Celery mosaic virus
ShallotPremature witheringLeavesPeronospora destructorDowny mildew
Spring OnionWiltPlantPseudomonas ssp.Bacterial rot
RotLeavesPhytophthoraPhytophthora rot
DiebackLeavesPythium sppDamping-off
SnowpeasSpotsLeavesPeronospora viciaeDowny mildew
NecrosisLeaves, stemErysiphe polygoni Powdery mildew
Water-soakedLeaves and stemBotrytis cinereaGray mold
Brown spotsLeaves and stemsAscochyta spp.Ascochyta
SpotsLeavesPseudomonas syringaeBrown spot
DiscolourationPods, whole plantFusarium oxysporumNear wilt
Sweet PotatoRotTubersPhoma spp.Pink root
Taro LeavesStemphylium spp.
Water ConvolulusRotLeavesAlternaria spp.Alternaria
WatercressYellow/brown spot on leavesLeavesPeronospora parasiticaDowny mildew
WiltLeavesColletotrichum sppLeaf anthracnose
WiltLeavesRamularia spp.Ramularia leaf spot

* For visual reference of Asian vegetables, see our Thesaurus.


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