title: List of Ficus diseases
text: # List of Ficus diseases
  
  This is a list of diseases affecting species of the genus Ficus.
  
  ## Plant Species
  
  Plant species :
  
  | Fb | Ficus benjamina | weeping fig |
  | - | - | - |
  | Fe | F. elastica | rubber tree |
  | Fer | F. erecta | Japanese fig |
  | Fl | F. lyrata | fiddle-leaf fig |
  
  ## Bacterial diseases
  
  Bacterial diseases :
  
  | Common name | Scientific name | Plants affected |
  | - | - | - |
  | Bacterial leaf spot | Pseudomonas cichorii | Fb, Fe, Fl |
  | Bacterial leaf spot | Pseudomonas ficuserectae | Fer |
  | Bacterial leaf spot | Xanthomonas campestris | |
  | Crown gall | Agrobacterium tumefaciens | Fb, Fe |
  
  ## Fungal diseases
  
  Fungal diseases :
  
  | Common name | Scientific name | Plants affected |
  | - | - | - |
  | Anthracnose | Colletotrichum gloeosporioides | Fe, Fl |
  | Cercospora leaf spot | Cercospora spp. | Fe |
  | Corynespora leaf spot | Corynespora cassiicola | Fb |
  | Gray mold | Botrytis cinerea | Fe, Fl |
  | Phomopsis dieback | Diplodia spp. | Fb |
  | Southern blight | Sclerotium rolfsii | Fb, Fe, Fl |
  | Verticillium wilt | Verticillium albo-atrum | Fb |
  
  ## Nematodes, parasitic
  
  Nematodes, parasitic :
  
  | Common name | Scientific name | Plants affected |
  | - | - | - |
  | Foliar nematode | Aphelenchoides besseyi | Fe |
  | Lesion nematodes | Pratylenchus spp. | Fb,Fe |
  