Biology - The Search for Better Health (Plant Diseases)

9.4 The Search for Better Health (Plant Diseases)

Plant type		Cause of disease
Australian Native Flora Grain Crops Citrus Trees Coffee Exotic flowers and shrubs	Fruits Grasses including sugarcane Tobacco Vegetables Exotic and forestry trees	Bacteria Fungi Insects and other arthropods Viruses

General Resources

Plant Diseases and Damage - Image gallery from Iowa State University of Science and Technology

Index for Factsheets - the Table of Contents to an extensive list of facts sheets (some in pdf format) from the University Kansas

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Australian Native Flora

Phytophthora (Root Rot) - from Tasmanian Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment

Kangaroo Paws

Paws for Reflection - from Australian Plants online, Society for the Growing of Australian Plants

Kangaroo paw ink disease - from Society for the Growing of Australian Plants

Eucalypts

Mundulla yellow - Article in Australian Plant Pathology

The Red Gum Lerp Psyllid, a new pest of Eucalyptus species in California from the College of Natural Resources, University of California at Berkeley. Good images of this Australian insect pest and the damage it causes.

Pest Management and Identification from the University of California including pests of plants and plant diseases. Of particular interest are the PSYLLIDS and EUCALYPTUS REDGUM LERP PSYLLID which affect Australian Eucalypts.

Grain crops

Wheat

Wheat leaf diseases - including Rust from Intergrated Crop Management, Iowa State University of Science and Technology

Citrus Trees

Citrus Canker: The Pathogen and Its Impact - from The American Phytopathological Society

Coffee

Exotic flowers and shrubs

INSECTS on HIBISCUS - from the Hibiscus Society of Queensland Inc.

Rose Virus Diseases - a fact sheet from Kansas State University

Blackspot of Roses - a fact sheet from Kansas State University

Roses: pests and diseases - a fact sheet freom the Royal Botanic Gardens

Tobacco

Tobacco mosaic virus from The American Phytopathological Society, includes links to other articles and photo gallery

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Bacteria

Citrus Canker: The Pathogen and Its Impact - from The American Phytopathological Society

Fungi

Paws for Reflection - from Australian Plants online, Society for the Growing of Australian Plants

Kangaroo paw ink disease - from Society for the Growing of Australian Plants

Wheat leaf diseases - including Rust from Intergrated Crop Management, Iowa State University of Science and Technology

Phytophthora (Root Rot) - from Tasmanian Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment

Insects and other arthropods

INSECTS on HIBISCUS - from the Hibiscus Society of Queensland Inc.

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