Plant diseases

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plant diseases - plant pathogens

Plant diseases can be caused by a variety of different groups of organisms. The disease-causing plant pathogens are listed here under:

Bacteria (plant pathogenic bacteria - 156 species)

Fungi and fungal-like organisms The plant pathogenic fungi and fungal-like organisms include the Ascomycota, Basidiomycota, Oomycota and other groups - (total 1289 species)

Plant viruses Subcellular particles which consist of proteins and either RNA or DNA. They multiply inside living cells - (543 species)

Other plant pathogens The plant pathogens and diseases of this group contain: • diseases of unknown etiology (2 species) • parasitic algae (2 species) • phytoplasmas (36 species) • spiroplasmas (2 species) • Trypanosomatidae (3 species) • viroids (28 species)

For a summary of the different groups of plant pathogens, their epidemiology and management see the respective page in Wikipedia.