This article is a list of diseases of cassava (Manihot esculenta).
Bacterial and Phytoplasma diseases
Bacterial and mycoplasma-like diseasesAntholysis Phytoplasma (Candidatus Phytoplasma spp.)Witches' broom Phytoplasma (Candidatus Phytoplasma spp.)Bacterial blight Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. manihotisBacterial angular leaf spot Xanthomonas campestris pv. cassavaeBacterial stem gall Agrobacterium tumefaciens Biovar 1 Bacterial stem rot Erwinia carotovora subsp. carotovoraBacterial wilt Erwinia herbicola (syn. Pantoea agglomerans)
Fungal diseases
Fungal diseasesAnthracnose 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 spp. Hendersonula toruloidea [syanamorph]Blight leaf spot Cercospora vicosaeBrown leaf spot Cercosporidium henningsii Mycosphaerella henningsii [teleomorph]Cassava ash Oidium manihotisConcentric ring leaf spot Phyllosticta manihotae P. manihoticolaDematophora root rot (Rosellinia root rot) Dematophora necatrix Rosellinia necatrix [teleomorph]Diplodia root and stem rot Diplodia manihotiFusarium root rot Fusarium oxysporum F. solani Nectria haematococca [teleomorph]Rigidopurus root rot Rigidoporus microporus Rigidoporus lignosusRustUromyces spp.Sclerotium root rot (southern blight) Sclerotium rolfsii Athelia rolfsii [teleomorph]Superelongation Sphaceloma manihoticola Elsinoë brasiliensis [teleomorph]Verticillium root and stem rot Verticillium dahliaeWhite leaf spot Phaeoramularia manihotis
Oomycete diseases
Oomycete diseasesPhytophthora root rot P. cryptogea P. drechsleri P. erythroseptica P. nicotianae var. parasiticaPythium root rot Pythium spp.
Miscellaneous diseases and disorders
Miscellaneous diseases and disordersPost-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 were the primary reason for the lack of cassava yield increases from the late 1990s to 2019.
Viral diseasesAfrican cassava mosaic African cassava mosaic virus (ACMV)Cassava brown streak diseaseCassava 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)
References
Common Names of Diseases, The American Phytopathological Society (APS)