This article is a list of diseases of apricots (Prunus armeniaca).
Bacterial diseases
Bacterial diseasesBacterial canker and blast Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringaeBacterial spot Xanthomonas pruni X. arboricola pv. pruni = X. campestris pv. pruniCrown gall Agrobacterium tumefaciens
Fungal diseases
Fungal diseasesAlternaria spot and fruit rot Alternaria alternata Armillaria crown and root rot (shoestring crown and root rot) Armillaria mellea Rhizomorpha subcorticalis [anamorph] Brown rot blossom and twig blight and fruit rot Monilinia fructicola Monilinia laxaCeratocystis canker Ceratocystis fimbriata Cytospora canker Cytospora leucostoma Leucostoma persoonii [teleomorph] Dematophora root rot Rosellinia necatrix Dematophora necatrix [anamorph] Eutypa dieback Eutypa lata Cytosporina spp. [anamorph] Green fruit rot Botrytis cinerea Botrytis cinerea [teleomorph] Sclerotinia sclerotiorumLeaf spot Phyllosticta circumscissaPhytophthora crown and root rot Phytophthora cactorum Phytophthora cambivora Phytophthora cinnamomi Phytophthora citricola Phytophthora dreschsleri Phytophthora megasperma Phytophthora syringaePhytophthora pruning wound canker Phytophthora syringaePowdery mildew Podosphaera spp. Replant problems Fungi and others (see under Miscellaneous Disorders) Rhizopus fruit rot Rhizopus arrhizus Rhizopus circinans Rhizopus stoloniferRipe fruit rot Aspergillus niger Cladosporium spp. Mucor spp. Penicillium expansum Penicillium italicumScab Cladosporium carpophilum Venturia carpophila [teleomorph] Shot hole Wilsonomyces carpophilus Stigmina carpophilaSilver leaf Chondrostereum purpureumVerticillium wilt Verticillium dahliaeWood rots (pathogenicity has not been proven for these fungi) Cerrena unicolor Coprinus spp. Coriolopsis gallica Daedaleopsis confragosa Dendrophora albobadia Dendrophora erumpens Fomes fomentarius Fomitopsis cajanderi Fomitopsis pinicola Fomitopsis rosea Ganoderma applanatum Ganoderma lucidum Gloeophyllum sepiarium Gloeophyllum trabeum Gloeoporus dichrous Grandinia granulosa Hyphodontia aspera Heterobasidion annosum (unconfirmed) Hyphodermella corrugata Inonotus dryophilus Irpex lacteus Laetiporus sulphureus Oxyporus corticola Oxyporus latemarginatus Oxyporus populinus Perenniporia fraxinophila Perenniporia medulla-panis Phellinus ferreus Phellinus ferruginosus Phellinus gilvus Phellinus igniarius Phellinus pomaceus Pholiota spp. Pholiota varius Pycnoporus cinnabarinus Schizophyllum commune Stereum spp. Trametes elegans Trametes hirsuta Trametes versicolor
Nematodes, parasitic
Nematodes, parasiticDagger Xiphinema americanum Xiphinema rivesiLesion Pratylenchus vulnusRing Criconemella xenoplaxRoot-knot Meloidogyne arenaria Meloidogyne incognita Meloidogyne javanica
Viral diseases
includes uncharacterized graft-transmissible pathogens [GTP]
Viral diseasesBare twig and unfruitfulness genus Nepovirus, Strawberry latent ringspot virus genus Tobamovirus, Cucumber green mottle mosaic virus Line pattern & Necrotic ring spot genus Ilarvirus, Prunus necrotic ringspot virus (PNRSV) Peach mosaic genus Trichovirus, Cherry mottle leaf virus (CMLV) Plum pox (= Sharka) genus Potyvirus, Plum pox virus (PPV)Prunus stem pitting genus Nepovirus, Tomato ringspot virus (ToRSV) Pseudopox genus Trichovirus, Apple chlorotic leaf spot virus (ACLSV) Viral gummosis genus Ilarvirus, Prune dwarf virus (PDV)
Graft-transmissible pathogens [GTP]
Graft-transmissible pathogens [GTP]Asteroid spot (= Peach asteroid spot) Cherry mottle leaf Chlorotic leaf mottle Deformation mosaic (associated with an isometric particle) Moorpark mottle Peach yellow mottle Pucker leaf Ring pox (= Spur cherry?) Stone pitting
Phytoplasmal diseases
Phytoplasmal diseasesChlorotic leaf roll (= Apple proliferation) Witches' broom
Miscellaneous diseases or disorders
Miscellaneous diseases or disordersApricot gumboil Unknown etiology (nontransmissible) Replant problems Bacteria, fungi, nematodes, viruses, nutrients, toxins and environmental conditions (?)
References Common Names of Diseases, The American Phytopathological Society