New Disease Reports from North Carolina, 2001

 

Clinic     #

Type: US, NC, HG=Host Genus, HSP= Host Species

County

Date

Host common name

Host scientific name

Disease common name

Pathogen scientific name

ID* by:

136

NC/HG

Mecklenburg

Feb. 3

Impatiens

Impatiens balsamina

Rhizoctonia leaf spot†

Rhizoctonia solani

TCC

100

US/HG

Pasquotank

Feb. 3

Rosemary

Rosemarinus officinalis

Black root rot

Thielaviopsis basicola

TCC

159

US/HG

Wake

Feb. 6

Wild Ginger

Asarum splendens

Black root rot

Thielaviopsis basicola

TCC

159

NC/HSP

Wake

Feb. 6

Wild Ginger

Asarum splendens

Sclerotinia root/crown rot

Sclerotinia sp.

TCC

81

NC/HG

Wilson

Jan.19

Scotch Broom

Cytisus scoparius

Black root rot

Thielaviopsis basicola1

TCC

207

NC/HG

Wake

Feb. 8

Anthurium

Anthurium x cultorum

Cercospora leaf spot

Cercospora sp.

TCC

612

US/HG

Wake

Feb.16

Cymbidium Orchid

Cymbidium

Sp.

Anthracnose

Colletotrichum gloeosporioides

TCC

1067

 

NC/HG

Wake

Apr. 12

Cleyera

Cleyera japonica

Anthracnose

Colletotrichum gloeosporioides

CSH

 

1067

 

NC/HG

Wake

Apr. 12

Cleyera

Cleyera japonica

Anthracnose

Glomerella cingulata

CSH

 

2529

 

US/HG

Onslow

Jun. 16

Lamb’s Ears

Stachys byzantia

Phytophthora root rot

Phytophthora sp.

TCC

1720

NC/HG

Cherokee

May 14

Spruce

Picea glauca ‘conica’

Needle blight

Stigmina lautii

CSH

3285

US/HG

Durham

Jul 11

Evergreen Clematis

Clematis armandii

Anthracnose

Colletotrichum gloeosporioides

TCC

3324

US/HG

Chatham

Jul 9

Basil

Ocimum basilicum

Cercospora leaf spot

Cercospora sp,

CSH

3783

 

NC/HG

Carteret

Jul 23

St.Augustinegrass

Stenotaphrum sp.

Decline/Take-all patch

Gaeummanomyces sp.

AVL

4127

NC/HG

Henderson

Sept. 06

Daylily

Hemerocallis sp.

Daylily rust

Puccinia hemerocallidis

TCC

4321

 

NC/HG

Cumberland

Aug 16

Zoysiagrass

Zoysia sp.

Decline/Take-all patch

Gaeummanomyces sp.

AVL

4572

 

NC/HG

Buncombe

Aug 24

Tomato

Lycopersicon esculentum

Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl

Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl virus

TCC

5628

 

NC/HG

Pasquotank

Nov 06

Deodar Cedar

Cedrus deodara

dieback

Sphaeropsis sapinea

CSH

6121

 

NC/HG

Durham

Dec 14

Carrion flower

Stapelia gigantea

Tomato Spotted Wilt

Tomato Spotted Wilt virus

TCC

4936

US/HG

Caldwell

Sep 12

Pieris

Pieris japonica

Phytophthora blight

Phytophthora nicotianae

CW

5059

NC/HG

Stokes

Sep 19

Pansy

Viola cornuta

Phytophthora root rot

Phytophthora nicotianae

TCC

 

†New U.S. disease but pathogen reported on this host causing other disease

*TCC= Tom C. Creswell, CSH= Charles Hodges, AVL= Andrea Lemay,  CW= Colleen Warfield