title: List of cassava diseases
text: # List of cassava diseases
  
  This article is a list of diseases of cassava (Manihot esculenta).
  
  ## Bacterial and Phytoplasma diseases
  
  Bacterial and mycoplasma-like diseases :
  
  | Antholysis | Phytoplasma (Candidatus Phytoplasma spp.) |
  | - | - |
  | Witches' broom | Phytoplasma (Candidatus Phytoplasma spp.) |
  | Bacterial blight | Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. manihotis |
  | Bacterial angular leaf spot | Xanthomonas campestris pv. cassavae |
  | Bacterial stem gall | Agrobacterium tumefaciens Biovar 1 |
  | Bacterial stem rot | Erwinia carotovora subsp. carotovora |
  | Bacterial wilt | Erwinia herbicola (syn. Pantoea agglomerans) |
  
  ## Fungal diseases
  
  Fungal diseases :
  
  | Anthracnose | Colletotrichum gloeosporioides = Colletotrichum gloeosporoides f.sp. manihotis Glomerella cingulata [teleomorph] Colletotrichum graminicola Glomerella graminicola [teleomorph] |
  | - | - |
  | Armillaria root rot (shoestring root rot) | Armillaria mellea Rhizomorpha subcorticalis [anaomorph] |
  | Black root and stem rot | Scytalidium sp. Hendersonula toruloidea [syanamorph] |
  | Blight leaf spot | Cercospora vicosae |
  | Brown leaf spot | Cercosporidium henningsii Mycosphaerella henningsii [teleomorph] |
  | Cassava ash | Oidium manihotis |
  | Concentric ring leaf spot | Phyllosticta manihotae P. manihoticola |
  | Dematophora root rot (Rosellinia root rot) | Dematophora necatrix Rosellinia necatrix [teleomorph] |
  | Diplodia root and stem rot | Diplodia manihoti |
  | Fusarium root rot | Fusarium oxysporum F. solani Nectria haematococca [teleomorph] |
  | Rigidopurus root rot | Rigidoporus microporus = Rigidoporus lignosus |
  | Rust | Uromyces spp. |
  | Sclerotium root rot (southern blight) | Sclerotium rolfsii Athelia rolfsii [teleomorph] |
  | Superelongation | Sphaceloma manihoticola Elsinoë brasiliensis [teleomorph] |
  | Verticillium root and stem rot | Verticillium dahliae |
  | White leaf spot | Phaeoramularia manihotis |
  
  ## Oomycete diseases
  
  Oomycete diseases :
  
  | Phytophthora root rot | P. cryptogea P. drechsleri P. erythroseptica P. nicotianae var. parasitica |
  | - | - |
  | Pythium root rot | Pythium spp. |
  
  ## Miscellaneous diseases and disorders
  
  Miscellaneous diseases and disorders :
  
  | Post-harvest root rot | Physiologic and pathogenic deteriorations |
  | - | - |
  | Root smallpox disease | Microbial rotting after feeding by Cyrtomenus bergi |
  
  ## Viral diseases
  
  Viruses are a severe problem in the tropics. Viruses are the primary reason for the complete lack of yield increases in the 25 years up to 2019.
  
  Viral diseases :
  
  | African cassava mosaic | African cassava mosaic virus (ACMV) |
  | - | - |
  | Cassava brown streak disease | Cassava brown streak virus (CBSV) |
  | Cassava common mosaic | Cassava common mosaic virus (CsCMV) |
  | Cassava frogskin | Cassava Frogskin-Associated Virus (CsFSaV) |
  | Cassava green mottle | Cassava green mottle virus (CGMV) |
  | Cassava symptomless infections | Cassava American latent virus (CsAlV) Cassava Ivorian bacilliform virus (CIBV) |
  | Cassava vein mosaic | Cassava vein mosaic virus (CsVMV) |
  | Indian cassava mosaic | Indian cassava mosaic virus (ICMV) |
  