This article is a list of diseases of cotton (Gossypium spp.). Bacterial Bacterial diseasesBacterial blight of cottonXanthomonas citri subsp. malvacearumCrown gall Agrobacterium tumefaciensLint degradation Erwinia herbicola Pantoea agglomerans
Xanthomonas citri
Inner boll rot - Pantoea dispersaNagrale, D. T, Gawande, S. P, Gokte-Narkhedkar, N., & Waghmare, V. N. (2020). Association of phytopathogenic Pantoea dispersa inner boll rot of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) in Maharashtra state, India. European journal of plant pathology, 158, 251-260. doi: 10.1007/s10658-020-02071-0
Fungal
Fungal diseasesAnthracnose Glomerella gossypii Colletotrichum gossypii [anamorph] Areolate mildew Ramularia gossypii Cercosporella gossypii Mycosphaerella areola [teleomorph] Anita blight Anita stalk borerAscochyta gossypiiBlack root rot Thielaviopsis basicola Chalara elegans [synanamorph] Boll rot Ascochyta gossypii Colletotrichum gossypii Glomerella gossypii [teleomorph] Fusarium spp. Lasiodiplodia theobromae Diplodia gossypina Botryosphaeria rhodina [teleomorph] Physalospora rhodina Phytophthora spp. Rhizoctonia solaniCharcoal rot Macrophomina phaseolinaEscobillaColletotrichum gossypii Glomerella gossypii [teleomorph] Fusarium wilt Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. vasinfectumLeaf spot Alternaria macrospora Alternaria alternata Cercospora gossypina Mycosphaerella gossypina [teleomorph] Cochliobolus spicifer Bipolaris spicifera [anamorph] Curvularia spicifera Cochliobolus spicifer Myrothecium roridum Rhizoctonia solani Stemphylium solaniLint contamination Aspergillus flavus Nematospora spp. Nigrospora oryzaePhymatotrichum root rot = cotton root rot Phymatotrichopsis omnivora Phymatotrichum omnivorumPowdery mildewLeveillula taurica Oidiopsis sicula [anamorph] Oidiopsis gossypii Salmonia malachraeStigmatomycosisAshbya gossypii Eremothecium coryli Nematospora coryli Aureobasidium pullulansRust Cotton rust Puccinia schedonnardiiSouthwestern cotton rust Puccinia cacabataTropical cotton rustPhakopsora gossypii...Sclerotium stem and root rot = southern blight Sclerotium rolfsii Athelia rolfsii [teleomorph] Seedling disease complex Colletotrichum gossypii Fusarium spp. Pythium spp. Rhizoctonia solani Thanatephorus cucumeris [teleomorph] Thielaviopsis basicola Chalara elegans [synanamorph] Stem canker Phoma exiguaVerticillium wilt Verticillium dahliae
Parastic
Nematodes, parasiticLance, Columbia nematode Hoplolaimus columbusReniform nematode Rotylenchulus reniformisRoot-knot nematode Meloidogyne incognitaSting nematode Belonolaimus longicaudatus
Viral
This list also contains uncharacterized graft transmissible pathogens.
Viral diseasesAbutilon mosaic = Malvaceous chlorosis virus* Suspect Begomovirus (Bemisia tabaci transmitted) AnthocyanosisSuspect virus Blue diseaseSuspect virus or phytoplasma Leaf crumple Genus Bigeminivirus, cotton leaf curl virus (CLCuV) Leaf curlGenus Bigeminivirus, cotton leaf curl virus (CLCuV) Leaf mottle Suspect virus (etiology unknown) Leaf rollSuspect virus (etiology unknown) MosaicSuspect virus (etiology unknown) PsylosisSuspect virus (etiology unknown) Terminal stunt Suspect virus (GTP; Cicadellidae associated)
Phytoplasmal
Phytoplasmal and spiroplasmal diseasesPhyllodySuspect phytoplasma Small leafSuspect phytoplasma
References
Common Names of Diseases, The American Phytopathological Society