New Disease Reports from North Carolina, 2002

 

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:

78

US; HG

Orange

Jan. 25

Wild Ginger

Hexastylis (Asarum) shuttleworthii

Cercospora leafspot

Cercospora sp.

TCC

111

NC, HSP

Beaufort

Feb. 1

Fosteri Holly

Ilex x attenuata 'fosterii'

Anthracnose leafspot

Colletotrichum gloeosporioides

TCC

417

US; HG

Rowan

Feb. 25

Celosia

Celosia cristata.

Myrothecium blight

Myrothecium sp.

TCC

1140

NC; HG

Granville

May 24

Blackberry

Rubus sp.

Sphaeropsis canker

Sphaeropsis malorum

CSH

1587

US; HG

Graham

July 1

Japanese horseradish

Wasabi sp.

Phytophthora crown rot

Phytophthora sp.

TCC

1995

NC; HG

Warren

Aug. 9

Artemisia

Artemisia sp.

Black mildew

Nematostoma artemisiae

CSH

2008

US; HG

Franklin

Aug. 12

Sedum

Sedum sp.

Botryodiplodia Stem Rot

Lasiodiplodia theobromae

CSH

2075

NC; HG

Pitt

Aug. 19

Maple, Hybrid

Acer sp.

Botryodiplodia Stem Rot

Lasiodiplodia theobromae

CW, CSH

2995

NC; HSP

Chowan

Dec. 13

Atlantic White Cedar

Chamaecyperis thyoides

Web Blight

Rhizoctonia solani

CSH, WG

N/A

NC

Wake

Nov. 3

Alder

Alnus serrulata

Powdery Mildew

Phyllactinia guttata

CSH

 

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

*TCC= Tom C. Creswell, CSH= Charles Hodges, CW= Colleen Warfield, WG=Walter Guiterrez