Integrated Pest Management
Other Diseases of Trees, Shrubs, and Vines
Host | Disease | Pathogen | Occurrence |
Arborvitae | Root rot | Phytophthora spp. | Occasional |
Ash | Anthracnose | Gloeosporium aridum | Rare |
Aspen | Aspen leaf spot | Marssonina populi | Widespread |
Crown gall | Agrobacterium tumefaciens | Widespread | |
Ink Spot | Ciborinia whetzelii | Mountains | |
Perennial canker | Cytospora sp. | Widespread | |
Powdery mildew | Uncinula adunca | Widespread | |
Rust | Melampsora sp. | Occasional | |
Shoot blight | Venturia macularis | Occasional | |
White rot | Ganoderma applanatum | Widespread | |
White trunk rot | Phellinus tremulae | Widespread | |
Birch | Perennial canker | Cytospora chrysosperma | Widespread |
Catalpa | Wilt | Verticillium albo-atrum | Widespread |
Chokecherry | Black knot | Apiosporina morbosum | Widespread |
Plum pocket | Taphrina sp. | Occasional | |
Powdery mildew | Podosphaera oxycanthae | Occasional | |
Western X | phytoplasma | Widespread | |
Conifers | Root rot | Phytophthora sp. | Widespread |
Seedling root rot | Fusarium, Pythium | Occasional | |
Cotoneaster | Fire blight | Erwinia amylovora | Widespread |
Root rot | Phytophthora spp. | Widespread | |
Crab Apple | Fire blight | Erwinia amylovora | Widespread |
Powdery mildew | Podosphaera leucotricha | Widespread | |
Elm | Dutch elm disease | Ceratocystis ulmi | Northern Utah |
Slime flux, wetwood | bacterial complex | Widespread | |
Wilt | Verticillium albo-atrum | Salt Lake | |
Euonymus | Chlorosis, scorch | nitrogen deficiency | Widespread |
Crown gall | Agrobacterium tumefaciens | Widespread | |
Powdery mildew | Microsphaera alni | Widespread | |
Root rot | Phytophthora spp. | Widespread | |
Fir (see also “conifers”) |
Dwarf mistletoe | Arceuthobium campylopodum | Occasional |
Red ring rot | Phellinus pini | Widespread | |
Fir broom rust | Melampsorella caryophyllacearum | Widespread | |
Forsythia | Crown gall | Agrobacterium tumefaciens | Widespread |
Goldenrain tree | Nectria canker | Nectria spp. | Occasional |
Wilt | Verticillium albo-atrum | Occasional | |
Hawthorn | Fire blight | Erwinia amylovora | Widespread |
Leaf spot | Entomosporium sp. | Occasional | |
Rust | Gymnosporangium nidus-avis | Widespread | |
Honeylocust | Canker | Thyronectria austroamericana | Occasional |
Juniper ("cedar") |
Root rot | Phytophthora spp. | Widespread |
Rust | Gymnosporangium spp. | Occasional | |
Lilac | Bacterial blast | Pseudomonas syringae | Occasional |
Powdery mildew | Microsphaera; Phyllactinia | Widespread | |
Linden | Sooty mold | Saprophytic fungi | Widespread |
Wilt | Verticillium albo-atrum | Widespread | |
Maple | Anthracnose | Kabatiella apocryta | Rare |
Canker | Cytosporella sp. | Cache | |
Fasciation | genetic, virus? | Occasional | |
Leaf blister | Taphrina sacchari | Occasional | |
Leaf tatter | genetic, virus? | Occasional | |
Edema (oedema) | environmental (high humidity) | Occasional | |
Tar spot | Rhytisma punctatum | Mountains | |
Wilt | Verticillium albo-atrum | Widespread | |
Mountain Ash | Fire blight | Erwinia amylovora | Widespread |
Perennial canker | Cytospora spp. | Widespread | |
Oak | Anthracnose | Gnomonia veneta | Salt Lake |
Leaf blister | Taphrina caerulescens | Occasional | |
Perennial canker | Cytospora sp. | Occasional | |
Powdery mildew | Sphaerotheca lanestris | Davis | |
Pine (see also conifers) |
Western gall rust | Cronartium harkesii | Occasional |
Poplar | Crown gall | Agrobacterium tumefaciens | Widespread |
Perennial canker | Cytospora sp. | Widespread | |
Poplar leafspot | Marssonina populi | Widespread | |
Root rot | Pythium sp. | Widespread | |
Slime flux, wetwood | bacterial complex | Widespread | |
Pyracantha | Fire blight | Erwinia amylovora | Widespread |
Serviceberry | Rust | Gymnosporangium sp. | Widespread |
Squaw Bush (Rhus trilobata) |
Leaf spot | Entomosporium sp. | Widespread |
Wilt | Verticillium albo-atrum | Widespread | |
Perennial canker | Cytospora sp. | Occasional | |
Sycamore | Anthracnose | Gnomonia veneta | Widespread |
Leaf tatter, shothole | insect, Plant bug | Widespread | |
Powdery mildew | Microsphaera alni | Widespread |
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