9.4 The Search for Better Health (Plant Diseases)

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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

Plant Diseases and Damage - Image gallery from Iowa State University of Science and Technology
http://www.ent.iastate.edu/imagegal/plantpath/

RPD's - the Table of Contents to an extensive list of facts sheets in pdf from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
http://www.ag.uiuc.edu/~vista/rpd.html

Index for Factsheets - the Table of Contents to an extensive list of facts sheets (some in pdf format) from the Kansas State University
http://www.plantpath.ksu.edu/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=497

Farmnote Series 2007 - from the Department of Agriculture and Food, WA
http://www.agric.wa.gov.au/agency/pubns/farmnote/2007_index.htm

Farmnote Series 2006 - from the Department of Agriculture and Food, WA
http://www.agric.wa.gov.au/agency/pubns/farmnote/2006_index.htm

Phytophthora (Root Rot) - from Tasmanian Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment
http://www.dpiwe.tas.gov.au/inter.nsf/ThemeNodes/EGIL-53Y2ZC?open

Kangaroo Paws

Paws for Reflection - from Australian Plants online, Society for the Growing of Australian Plants
http://asgap.org.au/APOL17/mar00-5.html

Kangaroo paw ink disease - from Society for the Growing of Australian Plants
http://asgap.org.au/APOL12/dec98-8e.html

Eucalypts

Blue Gum Psyllid - from Primary Industry and Resources South Australian Forestry
http://www.pir.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/32874/Number_1_Blue_gum_Psyllids.pdf

Insect pests of young eucalypt plantations - from Victorian Department of Primary Industries
Fact Sheet

Image - lerps on eucalypt in South Australia
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Image - lerps on eucalypt in South Australia
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Blue Gum Psyllid - from NZ Farm Forestry
http://www.nzffa.org.nz/Eucalypt_pest_control/psyllids_pics.html

Mundulla Yellows - A Simple Case of Poisoning - from Association of Societies for the Growing of Australian Plants
http://asgap.org.au/APOL27/sep02-5.html

Mundulla Yellows – Solving a thirty year riddle - from Victorian Government Department of Sustainability and Environment
pdf file

Mundulla Yellows in Eucalyptus: An abiotic or biotic disorder? - a fact sheet in pdf from Environment, SA
http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/biodiversity/pdfs/mundulla_yellows.pdf

Mundulla Yellows: A growing concern - from Australian National Botanic Gardens
http://www.anbg.gov.au/anpc/danv8n4.html#mundulla

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.
http://www.cnr.berkeley.edu/biocon/dahlsten/rglp/

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.
http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/selectnewpest.home.html

Advice Sheets: Diseases - includes wheat and barley, from Grain Research and Development Corporation
List of Advice Sheets

Wheat

Wheat leaf diseases - including Rust from Intergrated Crop Management, Iowa State University of Science and Technology
http://www.ipm.iastate.edu/ipm/icm/1997/5-12-1997/wheatldis.html

Foliar Diseases of Wheat - a fact sheet in pdf from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
http://www.ag.uiuc.edu/~vista/abstracts/a104.html

Barley

Smuts of Barley - a fact sheet in pdf from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
http://www.ag.uiuc.edu/~vista/abstracts/a100.html

Barley - Pests and diseases - from Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries
http://www.dpi.qld.gov.au/cps/rde/xchg/dpi/hs.xsl/26_3528_ENA_Print.htm

Sorghum

Sorghum disease management: Ergot (Claviceps africana) - from Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries
http://www2.dpi.qld.gov.au/fieldcrops/8987.html

Ergot in Sorghum: Biology, management, and toxicity to livestock - from Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries
http://www2.dpi.qld.gov.au/health/3568.html

Citrus Canker: The Pathogen and Its Impact - from The American Phytopathological Society
http://www.apsnet.org/online/feature/citruscanker/

Hemileia vastatrix: Coffee Leaf Rust - from Crop Knowledge Master, University of Hawaii
http://www.extento.hawaii.edu/Kbase/crop/type/h_vasta.htm

Green Coffee Scale in coffee - from Department of Primary Industries, Queensland
http://www2.dpi.qld.gov.au/horticulture/5476.html

INSECTS on HIBISCUS - from the Hibiscus Society of Queensland Inc.
http://www.hibiscus.org.au/pestplus.htm

Rose Rosette Disease - a fact sheet in pdf from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
http://www.ag.uiuc.edu/~vista/abstracts/a666.html

Rose Virus Diseases - a fact sheet from Kansas State University
http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/path-ext/factSheets/Rose/Rose%20Mosaic%20Virus.asp

Blackspot of Roses - a fact sheet from Kansas State University
http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/path-ext/factSheets/Rose/Blackspot%20on%20Rose.asp

Roses: pests and diseases - a fact sheet freom the Royal Botanic Gardens
http://www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/information_about_plants/pests_diseases/fact_sheets/pests_and_disease_of_roses

Bananas

Banana blood disease - Fact Sheet from WA Department of Agriculture and Food, WA
http://www.agric.wa.gov.au/content/PW/PH/DIS/FN/FN2006_BANANABLOOD_AMACKIE.PDF

Panama disease Fusarium oxysporum - Fact Sheet from WA Department of Agriculture and Food, WA
http://www.agric.wa.gov.au/content/pw/ph/dis/fn/fs01200.pdf

Banana Bract Mosaic Disease - from Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries
http://www2.dpi.qld.gov.au/horticulture/7931.html

Exotic threats of banana: Eumusae leaf spot disease - from Plant Health Australia
http://www.planthealthaustralia.com.au/banana/awareness/awareness_pdfs/3_eumusae_leaf.pdf

Strawberries

Verticillium Wilt of Strawberry - from Ohio State University
http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/3000/3012.html

Strawberry Leaf Diseases - a fact sheet in pdf from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
http://www.ag.uiuc.edu/~vista/abstracts/a702.html

Tomatoes

Tomato Leaf Curl Virus A serious threat to the tomato industry - a DPI Note from Department of Primary Industries, Queensland
http://www2.dpi.qld.gov.au/health/4250.html

Grape vines

Grape Phylloxera" Keeping Queensland grapevines free of this serious pest - a DPI Note from Department of Primary Industries, Queensland
http://www2.dpi.qld.gov.au/health/5617.html

GRAPEVINE LEAF RUST - from Department of Business, Industry and Resource Development, NT
http://www.vinerust.nt.gov.au/

Sugarcane

SUGARCANE diseases - from Texas A & M University
http://plantpathology.tamu.edu/Texlab/Sugarcrops/Sugarcane/sugarc.html

Tobacco mosaic virus Photo Gallery - from The American Phytopathological Society
http://www.apsnet.org/education/feature/TMV/gallery.htm

Potatoes

Potato Late Blight - from North Dakota State University
http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/instruct/gudmesta/lateblight/

Potato Virus Y - from Department of Agriculture, WA
http://www.agric.wa.gov.au/pls/portal30/docs/FOLDER/IKMP/PW/PH/DIS/FS00203.PDF

Beans

Bacterial Diseases of Beans - a fact sheet in pdf from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
http://www.ag.uiuc.edu/~vista/abstracts/a921.html

Cabbage, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts and broccoli

White blister of brassica - a DPI Note from Department of Primary Industries, Queensland
http://www2.dpi.qld.gov.au/health/10290.html

Radiata Pine

Radiata pine for farm forestry - from Victorian Department of Primary Industries
Fact Sheet
also as
pdf file

monterey pine aphid: Essigella californica (Essig) - from CSIRO
http://www.ento.csiro.au/aicn/name_c/a_2706.htm

Citrus Canker: The Pathogen and Its Impact - from The American Phytopathological Society
http://www.apsnet.org/online/feature/citruscanker/

Bacterial Diseases of Beans - a fact sheet in pdf from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
http://www.ag.uiuc.edu/~vista/abstracts/a921.html

Paws for Reflection - from Australian Plants online, Society for the Growing of Australian Plants
http://asgap.org.au/APOL17/mar00-5.html

Kangaroo paw ink disease - from Society for the Growing of Australian Plants
http://asgap.org.au/APOL12/dec98-8e.html

Wheat leaf diseases - including Rust from Intergrated Crop Management, Iowa State University of Science and Technology
http://www.ipm.iastate.edu/ipm/icm/1997/5-12-1997/wheatldis.html

Banana - Black Sigatoka Disease - from Plant Pathology, Iowa State University
http://www.ipm.iastate.edu/ipm/hortnews/2005/3-23-2005/banana.html

Phytophthora (Root Rot) - from Tasmanian Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment
http://www.dpiwe.tas.gov.au/inter.nsf/ThemeNodes/EGIL-53Y2ZC?open

Blue Gum Psyllid - from Primary Industry and Resources South Australian Forestry
http://www.pir.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/32874/Number_1_Blue_gum_Psyllids.pdf

Psyllids and their control - from Victorian Department of Primary Industries
Fact Sheet

monterey pine aphid: Essigella californica (Essig) - from CSIRO
http://www.ento.csiro.au/aicn/name_c/a_2706.htm

INSECTS on HIBISCUS - from the Hibiscus Society of Queensland Inc.
http://www.hibiscus.org.au/pestplus.htm

Green Coffee Scale in coffee - from Department of Primary Industries, Queensland
http://www2.dpi.qld.gov.au/horticulture/5476.html

Tobacco mosaic virus Photo Gallery - from The American Phytopathological Society
http://www.apsnet.org/education/feature/TMV/gallery.htm

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