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Checklists are presented for 32 crops in Ghana.
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The crops are arranged in alphabetical order.
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The lists show common names and scientific names.
Click on the following crops for checklists of diseases:
| Yellow sigatoka leafspot | Mycosphaerella musicola JL. Mulder |
| Black sigatoka leafspot | M. fijiensis Morelet var difformis |
| Leaf spot | Cladosporium musae |
| Panama wilt | Fusarium oxysporum f sp.cubense(Smith)S&H |
| Root rot | Melanospora zamiae |
| Cigar-end rot | Trachysphaera fructigena |
| Finger stalk rot | Gleosporium musarum |
| Marasmius stem rot | Marasmius stenophyllus |
| Leaf blotch | Cordana musae |
| Leaf speckle | Chloridium sp |
| Diplodia rot | Botryodiplodia theobromae |
| Stem rot | Glomerella cingulata |
| Mosaic | Virus |
| Cameroon marbling | Virus |
| Nematode diseases | Radopholus similis (decline/ Toppling disease) |
| Pratylenchus coffeae (Lesion) | |
| P. bruchyurus, Meloidogyne sp | |
| Helicotylenchus multinctus | |
| Tylenchus | |
| Xiphinema |
| Alternaria spot | Alternaria brassicicola (Schw.) Wilts. |
| Leaf spot | Choanephora cucusbitarum |
| Ring spot | Mycosphaerella brassicicola(Duby)Joh ex.Oud. |
| Black rot | Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris |
| Root knot | Meloidogyne sp |
| Red rust | Cephaleuros sp |
| Seed plant (Dodder) | Cuscuta chinensis |
| Brown leaf spot | Cercosporidium henningsii Allesch |
| White leaf spot | Cercospora caribaea Cif |
| Leaf blight | Cercospora viscosae Muler and Chupp |
| Anthracnose | Colletotrichum gloeosporioides f. sp. manihotis Henn (Penz.) Sacc |
| Stem rot | Glomerella cingulata(Ston.)Spau.&Shre. |
| Diplodia rot | Botryodiplodia theobromae |
| Root rots | Phytophthora drechsleri Tucker |
| P. erythroseptica and P. cryptogea | |
| White thread disease | Rigidoporus lignosus (Klot.) Imag. |
| Brown root rot | Fomes noxius |
| Ganoderma wilt | Ganoderma lucidum |
| Dry root rots | Armillaria mellea (Vahl.) Pat. |
| Rhizopus stolonifer | |
| Bacterial blight | Xanthomonas campestris (Pam.)Dow.pv. manihotis (Arth.) |
| African mosaic | Geminivirus (by Bemisia tabaci) |
| Brown streak | Virus (sap/graft) |
| Nematode diseases | Meloidogyne incognita, Meloidogyne spp |
| Helicotylenchus multinctus | |
| Pratylenchus brachyurus | |
| Tylenchus and Xiphinema |
| Gummosis | Phytophthora citrophthora |
| Dry rot | Fusarium sp |
| Collar crack | Armillaria mellea |
| Red root disease | Poria hypolateritia |
| Scab | Elsinoe australis |
| Root disease | Sphaerostilbe repens |
| Foot rot | Phytophthora parasitica Dastur |
| Fruit rot/ Green mould | Penicillium digitatum |
| Sooty mould | Capnodium citri |
| Diplodia rot | Botryodiplodia theobromae |
| Tristeza/dieback | Virus (by Toxoptera citricidus) |
| Nematode diseases | Meloidogyne, Xiphimema, |
| Helicotylenchus multinctus | |
| Pratylenchus brachyurus | |
| Tylenchuclus semipenetrans(Slow decline) | |
| Rotylenchulus reniformis(reniform) | |
| Seed plant | Phragmanthera indica (mistletoes) |
| Black pod | Phytophthora palmivora Butler |
| Phytophthora megakarya | |
| Pre-emergence damping -off/stem canker | P. palmivora |
| Collar-crack | Armillaria mellea (Vahl ex. Fr.) Kum. |
| Glomerella cingulata (Ston.)Spau.& Schr. | |
| Cushion gall/ Die-back | Calonectria rigidiuscula (Berk.&Br.)Sacc. |
| Mealy pod | Trachysphaera fructigena Tab. & Bunt |
| Pod rot | Ceratocystis paradoxa (Dade) More. |
| Mouldy beans | Aspergillus and Penicillium |
| Root rot | Corticium solani (P&D) Bourd & Galz |
| Brown root | Fomes noxius Corner |
| White root | Fomes lignosus (Kl.) Bres. |
| Collar rot | Ustulina zonata (Lev.) Sacc. |
| Thread blights | |
| White thread blight | Marasmius scandens Massee |
| Horsehair blight | Marasmius equicrinis Mall. |
| Dieback/warty pod | Pestalotiopsis sp |
| Diplodia pod rot | Botryodiplodia theobromae Pat. |
| Red rust | Cephaleuros sp. |
| Swollen Shoot Disease | Virus (Mealybug vectors: Planococcus njalensis, Pseudococcus citri) |
| Red mottle | Virus |
| Yellow veinbanding | Virus |
| Nematode diseases | Meloidogyne sp |
| Helicotylenchus multinctus Pratylenchus brachyurus | |
| Tylenchus sp & xiphinema sp | |
| Seed plants | Tapinanthus bangwensis (Mistletoes) |
| Thonningia sanguinea |
| Seedling rot | Ceratocystis paradoxa |
| Stem bleeding | Ceratocystis paradoxa |
| Leaf spots | Pestalotiopsis palmarum (Cooke) Stey |
| Oplothecium sp | |
| Root rots | Armillaria mellea |
| Botryodiplodia palmarum (Cooke) Pet. & Syd. | |
| Storage fungi | Fusarium solani (Mart.) Sacc. |
| Aspergillus flavus | |
| Cape St.Paul Wilt | Virus/MLO? |
| Nematode diseases | Xiphinema, Rotylenchus |
| Rodinaphelenchus cocophillus (Red Ring) |
| Foot rot/wilt | Sclerotium rolfsii Sacc. |
| Leaf spots | Phyllosticta batatae |
| Pestalotiopsis versicolor | |
| Myrothecium roridum Tode ex. Fr. | |
| Helminthosposium rostratum | |
| Corticium solani | |
| Glomerella cingulata | |
| Corm rot | Armillaria mellea |
| Colletotrichum capsici | |
| Root rot complex/ Apollo disease | Rhizoctonia solani Kuhn, Fusarium solani, Pythium myriotylum Drec. & Phytophthora |
| Corm meal rot | Botryodiplodia theobromae |
| Fusarium, Aspergillus, Rhizoctonia, Penicillium | |
| Nematode diseases | Meloidogyne |
| Helicotylenchus multinctus | |
| Pratylenchus brachyurus | |
| Tylenchus & Xiphinema |
| Rust | Hemileia vastatrix Berk & Br. |
| Leaf spot | Colletotrichum coffeanum F. Noack |
| Brown spot | Cercospora coffeicola |
| Leaf spots | Helminthosporium coffeae |
| Spegazzinia coffeae | |
| Phylloslicta sp & Pestalotiopsis sp | |
| Miliola coffeae | |
| Botryodiplodia theobromae | |
| Mealy rot of fruits and shoots | Trachysphaera fructigena |
| Berry disease | Colletotrichum coffeanum F. Noack var. virulans |
| Collar crack | Armillaria mellea |
| Brown root | Fomes noxius |
| White root | Rigidoporous lignosus |
| Sooty mold | Irenina isertiae |
| Red rust | Cephaleuros |
| Witches'-broom | Mite/insect? |
| Nematode disease | Meloidogyne sp |
| Seed plant | Phragmanthera indica (mistletoes) |
| Wilt | Fusarium oxysporum f.sp vasinfectum |
| Rust | Phakopsora gossypii (Arth.) Hirats |
| Leaf spot | Mycosphaerella gossypina |
| Leaf spot | Alternaria macrospora |
| Grey mildew | Ramularia gossypii |
| Black arm | Xanthomonas malvacearum |
| Leaf curl | Virus |
| Leaf spots | Cercospora canescens Ell. & Mart. |
| Cercospora vignicola | |
| Pseudocercospora cruenta (Sacc.) Deig. | |
| Web blight | Thanatephorus cucumeris (FR) Donk. |
| Powdery mildew | Erysiphe polygoni |
| False rust | Synchytrium dolichi |
| Anthracnose | Colletotrichum lindemuthianum(S&M)Bri.&Cav. |
| Brown blotch | Colletotrichum capsici and C. truncatum |
| Wilt | Fusarium oxysporum f. sp tracheiphilum |
| Bacterial blight | Xanthonomas campestris pv vignicola |
| Aphid-borne mosaic | Virus (by Aphids) |
| Yellow mosaic | Virus (by white flies) |
| Root knot | Meloidogyne sp |
| Seed plants | Striga hermonthica |
| Striga gesnerioides |
| Powdery mildew | Leveillula taurica |
| Rust | Puccinia penniseti (Aecial&Pycnial stages) |
| Sooty mould | Schiffnerula solani |
| Leaf spots | Cercospora melongena |
| Myrothecium roridum | |
| Nematode Diseases | Meloidegyne sp. |
| Helicotylenchus multinctus | |
| Pratylenchus brachyurus | |
| Tylenchus & Xiphinema |
| Early leaf spot | Cercospora arachidicola Hori |
| Late leaf spot | Phaeoisariopsis personatum (Berk. & M.A. Cur) van Arx. |
| (= Cercosporidium personatum) | |
| Rust | Puccinia arachidis Speg. |
| Leaf blight | Ascochyta sp |
| Foot rot/stem rot | Sclerotium rolfsii Sacc. |
| Wilt | Fusarium oxysporum Sch.em.Sny & Hans |
| Yellow mould/ Aflatoxin | Aspergillus flavus Link ex. Fr |
| Crown rot | A. niger van Tiesh |
| Leaf blight | Pestalotiopsis arachidis Satya |
| Leaf blight | Myrothecium roridum Tode ex. Fr. |
| Rosette | Viruses (by Aphis craccivora) |
| Nematode diseases | Helicotylenchus multinctus |
| Pratylenchus brachyurus | |
| Tylenchus and Xiphinema | |
| Seed plant | Striga hermonthica |
| Brown root | Fomes noxius |
| White root | Fomes lignosus |
| Thread blight | Marasmius spp. |
| Dieback | Calonectria rigidiuscula |
| Small-pox | Botryodiplodia theobromae |
| Leaf spot | Polystictis accidentalis |
| Red rust | Cephuleuros |
| Seed plant | Phragmanthera indica |
| Stalk rot | Fusarium moniliforme J. Shel. |
| Charcoal rot | Macrophomina phaseolina(Tassi)Goid |
| Downy mildew | Peronosclerospora sorghi(W&U)Shaw |
| Pythium stalk rot | Pythium aphanidermatum (Edson) Fitzp. |
| Diplodia stalk rot | Diplodia macrospora Earle |
| Black bundle disease | Cephalosporium acremonium |
| Northern leaf blight | Helminthosporium turcicum Pass |
| Southern leaf blight | H. maydis |
| Brown spot | Physoderma maydis |
| Leaf rust | Puccinia polysora Und and P. sorghi |
| Smut | Ustilago maydis (DC) Corda |
| Ear/kernel rots | Diplodia macrospora Earle |
| Fusarium moniliforme J. Sheld. | |
| Cob rot | Rhizoctonia Solani Kuhn |
| Milo diseases | Periconia byssoides |
| Other pathogens | Myrothecium gramineum |
| recorded on maize | Chaetomium globosum |
| Cladosporium herbarurum | |
| Corticium solani (P&D) Bour. & Galz. | |
| Curvularia geniculata | |
| C. lunata (Wok.) Boed. | |
| Streak | Geminivirus ( by leaf hoppers) |
| Nematode diseases | Pratylenchus brachyurus |
| Helicotylenchus multinctus | |
| Tylenchus and Xiphinema | |
| Seed plant | Striga hermonthica |
| Leaf blight | Rhizoctonia solani |
| Seedling disease | Sclerotium rolfsii |
| Flower blight & Fruit spot | Colletotrichum gloeosporioides (Penz) |
| Root rot | Armillaria mellea |
| Wilt | Ganoderma lucidium |
| Leaf blight | Pestalotiopsis mangiferae(P.Henm)Stey. |
| Leaf spots | Cercospora mangiferae |
| Red rust | Cephaleurs mycoides Karst |
| Seed plant | Phragmanthera indica |
| Collar rot | Armillaria mellea |
| Ganoderma wilt | Ganoderma lucidum (Leyss. ex. Fr.) Karst |
| Vascular wilt | Fusarium oxysporum Schl. f. sp elaeidis Toovey |
| Dry basal rot | Ceratocystis paradoxa |
| Leaf spots | Cercospora elaeidis Stey. |
| Macrophomina, Pestalotiopsis | |
| Anthracnose of fruit clusters | Glomerella cingulate (Ston.)Spau.&Schr. |
| Anthracnose | Botryodiplodia theobromae Pat. |
| Helminthosporium stilbaceam | |
| Meliola elaeis | |
| Nematode diseases | Meloidogyne sp. |
| Helicotylenehus multinctus | |
| Pratylenchus brachurus | |
| Tylenchus and Xiphimema | |
| Seed plant | Thonningia sanguinea |
| Powdery mildew | Oidium sp |
| Diplodia rot | Botryodiplodia theobromae |
| Brown leaf spots | Cercospora abelmoscii, C. malayensis |
| Sooty mould | Irenopsis aciculosa |
| Root rot | Armillaria mellea |
| Leaf curl | Virus (by white flies) |
| Yellow mosaic | Virus (by leaf hoppers) |
| Nematode Diseases | Meloidogyne |
| Helicotylenchus multinctus | |
| Pratylenchus brachuyrus | |
| Tylenchus & Xiphinema |
| Purple blotch | Alternaria porri (Ell.) Cif. |
| Bulb rot | Sclerotium rolfsii Sacc. |
| Nematode diseases | Meloidogyne, Pratylenchus, Trichodorus |
| Leaf spots | Helminthosporium heveae |
| Cercospora heveae | |
| Ascochyta heveae | |
| Pestalotiopsis sp | |
| Diplodia rot | Botryodiplodia theobromae |
| Mouldy rot | Ceratocystis fimbriata |
| Powdery mildew | Oidium heveae |
| Fruit rot | Phytophthora palmivora Butler |
| White root | Fomes lignosus |
| Brown root | Fomes noxius |
| Collar rot | Ustulina zonata |
| Seed plant | Globimetula braunii |
| Leaf Spot | Cercospora caricae Syd. |
| Fruit rot | Glomerella cingulate(Ston.)Spau&v.Schr. |
| Powdery mildew | Phyllactinia corylea |
| Mosaic | Virus |
| Root knot | Meloidogyne spp |
| Downy mildew | Sclerospora graminicola (Sacc.) Sch. |
| Ergot | Claviceps fusiformis Loveless |
| Smut | Tolyposporium penicillariae Bref. |
| Rust | Puccinia penniseti Zimm |
| Blast | Pyricularia penniseti pras. & Goyal |
| Leaf blight | Helminthosporium turcicum Pass |
| Brown spot | Physoderma maydis |
| Seed plant | Striga hermonthica |
| Leaf spots | Cercospora capsici, C. unamumoi |
| Powdery mildew | Leveillula taurica |
| Anthracnose | Colletotrichum nigrum |
| Root rot | Armillaria mellea |
| Mosaic | Virus |
| Leaf curl | Virus (by whitefly) |
| Nematode diseases | Meloidogyne sp |
| Helicotylenchus multinctus | |
| Pratylenchus brachyurus | |
| Tylenchus & Xiphinema |
| Foot rot | Ceratocystis paradoxa |
| Black rot | Thielaviopsis paradoxa |
| Leaf blight | Podoconium bakori |
| Heart rot/root rot | Phytophthora sp |
| Botryodiplodia theobromae | |
| Curvularia lunata | |
| Nematode diseases | Meloidogyne sp. |
| Pratylenchus brachuyrus | |
| Tylenchus & Xiphinema | |
| Rotylenchulus reniformis | |
| Helicotylenchus multinctus |
| Blast | Pyricularia oryzae Cav. |
| Brown spot | Helminthosporium oryzae Breda de Haan |
| Narrow brown leafspot | Cercospora oryzae Miyake |
| Leaf smut | Entyloma oryzae |
| Leaf spot | Curvularia lunata (Wok.) Boed. |
| False smut | Ustilaginoidea virens (CK) Tak. |
| Leaf scald | Rhynchosporium oryzae Has. & Yok. |
| Barren head | Nigrospora oryzae Has. & Yokogi |
| Yellow mottle | Virus (by beetles) |
| Nematode diseases | Aphelenchoides besseyi (White tip) |
| Hirschmaniella oryzae | |
| Helicotylenchus multinctus | |
| Pratylenchus brachyurus | |
| Tylenchus and Xiphinema | |
| Seed plant | Striga hermonthica |
| Downy mildew | Peronosclerospora sorghi (W & U) Shaw |
| Rust | Puccinia purpurea Cooke |
| Grey leaf spot | Cercospora sorghi Ell & Ev. |
| Leaf blight | Helminthosporium turcicum Pass. |
| Anthracnose | Colletotrichum graminicola (Ces.) Wil |
| Sooty stripe | Ramulispora sorghi (Ell.& Ev)Olive & Lete |
| Oval leaf spot | Ramulispora sorghicola Haris |
| Covered kernel smut | Sphacelotheca sorghi (Link) Clin. |
| Loose kernel smut | S. cruenta (Kuhn) Pot. |
| Head smut | S. reiliana (Kuhn) Clin. |
| Long smut | Tolyposporium ehrenbeigi (Kuhn) Pat. |
| Grain moulds | Botryodiplodia theobromae Pat. |
| Fusarium, Curvularia lunata (Wok.) Boed. | |
| Zonate leaf spot | Gloeocercospora sorghi Bain & Edg. |
| Bacterial blight | Xanthomonas holcicola (Ell.) Ster.& Burt. |
| Nematode diseases | Helicotylenchus multinctus |
| Pratylenchus brachyurus | |
| Tylenchus & Xiphinema | |
| Seed plant | Striga hermonthica |
| Anthracnose | Colletotrichum truncatum(Sch.) And. & Moore |
| Seed plant | Striga hermonthica |
| Ring spot | Leptosphaeria sacchri |
| Leaf spot | Helminthosporium sp |
| Diplodia rot | Botryodiplodia theobromae |
| Pineapple disease | Certocystis pradoxa |
| Smut | Ustilago scitaminea Syd. |
| Leaf spots | Cercospora vaginae; Curcularia lunata |
| Gummosis | Xanthomonas campestris pv. vasculorum (Cobb) Dye |
| Leaf scald | Xanthomonas albilineans |
| Streak | Virus |
| Mosaic | Virus |
| Nematode diseases | Meloidogyne, Tylenchus |
| Helicotylenchus multinctus | |
| Hemicycliophora paradoza | |
| Hirschmanniella oryzae | |
| Pratylenchus brachuyrus | |
| Pratylenchus coffeae |
| Leaf spot | Pseudocercospora timorensis Cooke |
| (Phaeoisariopsis bataticola) | |
| Stem rot/wilt | Fusarium oxysporum f.sp batatas(Woll.)S&H |
| Black rot | Ceratocystis fimbriate Ell.&Hals. |
| Scurf | Monillochaetes infuscans Hal. ex. Hart. |
| Storage rot | Botryodiplodia theobromae |
| Leaf spots | Phyllosticta batatae |
| Septoria bataticola Taub. | |
| Mosaic | Virus |
| Nematode diseases | Meloidogyne spp., M. incognita |
| Helicotylenchus multinctus | |
| Pratylenchus brachyurus | |
| Tylenchus | |
| Xiphinema |
| Frog-eye leafspot | Cercospora nicotianae Ell. & Ev. |
| Black shank | Phytophthora parasitica var. nicotianae Tucker |
| Stem burn | Pythium aphanidermatum(Edson)Fitzp. |
| Wilt | Sclerotium rolfsii |
| Root rot | Corticium solani(Pril & Del.)Bour.&Galz. |
| Mosaic | Virus |
| Leaf curl | Virus (by whitefly) |
| Nematode disease | Meloidogyne sp |
| Pratylenchus brachyurus | |
| Heliotylenchus multinctus |
| Early blight | Alternaria solani Sorauer |
| Late blight | Phytophthora infestans(Mont.)de Bary |
| Leaf spots | Septoria lycopersici Speg. |
| Cercospora nicotianae | |
| Leaf mould | Cladosporium fulvum Cooke |
| Fruit rot/wilt | Sclerotium rolfsii |
| Powdery mildew | Leveillula taurica |
| Damping-off | Soilborne pathogens |
| Vascular wilts | Fusarium oxysposum f. sp. lycopersici & Verticillium albo-atrium |
| Mosaic | Virus |
| Leaf curl | Virus (by whitefly) |
| Nematode diseases | Meloidogyne sp. |
| Helicotylenchus multinctus | |
| Pratylenchus brachyurus | |
| Tylenchus & Xiphinema |
| Rust | Hemileia sp |
| Black leaf blotch | Phyllosticta dioscoreae |
| Leaf spots | Helminthosporium sp |
| Cercospora carbonacea Miles; C. contraria H & P. Syd. | |
| C. dioscoreae Ell & Mart. | |
| Pestolotiopsis theae | |
| Tar spot | Curvularia eragrostidis |
| Anthracnose | Colletotrichum gloeosporioides f. sp manihotis |
| White root rot | Rigidoporus lignosus |
| Stored tuber rot | Botryodiplodia theobromae, Fusarium, Rhizopus, Rosellinia, Aspergillus & Penicillium |
| Mosaic | Virus |
| Witches'-broom | Phylleutypa dioscoreae |
| Nematode diseases | Meloidogyne, Rotylenchulus |
| Helicotylenchus multinctus | |
| Pratylenchus brachyurus | |
| Tylenchus, Xiphinema | |
| Scutellonema bradys |
These lists were compiled in 1996. If you found any errors in the list or if you have comments, please send a message. Tesjoneke
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