Diseases of Cotton
(Gossypium spp.)

BACTERIAL DISEASES

Bacterial Blight or Angular Leaf Spot (caused by Xanthomonas campestris pv. malvacearum)
(Additional information 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11)

Crown Gall (caused by Agrobacterium tumefaciens)

(Additional information 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7)

Lint Degradation or Frost Mold (caused by Pseudomonas syringae, Pseudomonas fluorescens, Erwinia herbicola or Pantoea agglomerans)


FUNGAL DISEASES

Anthracnose (caused by Glomerella gossypii or Colletotrichum gossypii)
(Additional information 1)

Areolate Mildew (caused by Ramularia gossypii, Cercosporella gossypii, or Mycosphaerella areola)

(Additional information 1 and 2)

Ascochyta Blight or Wet Weather Blight (caused by Ascochyta gossypii)

(Additional information 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8)

Black Root Rot or Thielaviopsis (caused by Thielaviopsis basicola or Chalara elegans)

(Additional information 1 and 2)

Boll Rot (caused by Ascochyta gossypii, Colletotrichum gossypii--sometimes referred to as witched broom, Glomerella gossypii, Fusarium spp., Lasiodiplodia theobromae, Diplodia gossypina, Botryosphaeria rhodina, Physalospora rhodina, Phytophthora spp., Phytopthora capsici and/or Rhizoctonia solani)

(Additional information 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5)

Bronze Wilt or Copper Top

(Additional information 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6)

Charcoal Rot (caused by Macrophomina phaseolina, Colletotrichum gossypii and/or Glomerella gossypii) -- (Additional information 1)

Cotton Boll Rot (caused by Fusarium moniliforme) -- (Additional information 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7)

Fusarium wilt (caused by Fusarium oxysporum and/or Fusarium vasinfectum)

(Additional information 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6)

Leaf Spot (caused by Alternaria macrospora, Alternaria alternata, Cercospora gossypina, Mycosphaerella gossypina, Cochliobolus spicifer, Bipolaris spicifera, Curvularia spicifera, Myrothecium roridum, Rhizoctonia solani and/or Stemphylium solani)

Lint Contamination (caused by Aspergillus flavus, Nematospora spp. and/or Nigrospora oryzae)

Mildew

Root Rot

Rust

Seedling Disease Complex (additional information 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8)

Ascochyta Blight (caused by Ascochyta gossypii) -- (Additional information 1, 2, 3 and 4)

Black Root Rot (caused by Chalara elegans) -- (Additional information 1) and 2)

Anthracnose (caused by Colletotrichum gossypii) Southworth -- (Additional information 1)

Fusarium Wilt

(caused by Fusarium oxysporum) -- (Additional information 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5)
Pink Boll Rot or Seedling Blight (caused by Glomerella cingulata)-- (Additional information 1, 2 and 3)

Pythium -- (Additional information 1, 2 and 3)

(caused by Pythium aphanidermatum) -- (Additional information 1, 2, 3 and 4)
(caused by Pythium debaryanum)http://ip.library.uu.nl/cbs/sim21/content.htm1 and 2.
(caused by Pythium heterothallicum) -- (Additional information 1)
(caused by Pythium irregulare) -- (Additional information 1, 2 and 3)
(caused by Pythium polytylum) -- (Additional information 1)
(caused by Pythium splendens) -- (Additional information 1, 2 and 3)
(caused by Pythium sylvaticum) -- (Additional information 1, 2, 3 and 4)
(caused by Pythium ultimum) -- (Additional information 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)

Rhizoctonia (caused by Rhizoctonia solani) -- (Additional information 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6)

Sheath Blight (caused by Thanatephorus cucumeris) -- (Additional information 1, 2, 3 and 4)

Thielaviopsis (caused by Thielaviopsis basicola) -- (Additional information 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10)

Stem Canker (caused by Phoma exigua) -- (Additional information 1 and 2)

Verticillium Wilt (caused by Verticillium dahliae)

(Additional information 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10)


NEMATODES, PARASITIC -- (Additional information 1, 2, 3 and 4)


VIRAL DISEASES and Graft Transmissible Pathogens [GTP]

Abutilon Mosaic or Malvaceous Chlorosis Virus (transmitted possibly by whitefly Bemisia tabaci)

(Additional information 1, 2, 3 and 4)

Anthocyanosis (transmitted possibly by cotton aphid Aphis gossypii)

(Additional information 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5)

Blue Disease (transmitted possibly by cotton aphid Aphis gossypii)

(Additional information 1, 2 and 3)

Leaf Crumple or Leaf Curl (transmitted possibly by whitefly Bemisia tabaci)

(Additional information 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)

Leaf Mottle (suspect virus (etiology unknown))

(Additional information 1, 2, 3 and 4)

Mosaic (suspect virus (etiology unknown))

(Additional information 1, 2, 3 and 4)

Terminal Stunt or Bunchy Top (suspect virus (GTP; Cicadellidae associated))

(Additional information 1 and 2)


PHYTOPLASMAL and SPIROPLASMAL DISEASES

Phyllody (suspect phytoplasma) -- (Additional information 1 and 2)

Small leaf (suspect phytoplasma) -- (Additional information 1 and 2)


Other Disease Related Links

Texas A&M University
Texas IPM Cotton Seedling Diseases
Cotton Disease Control recommendations from Tennessee
Cotton Disease Information from South Carolina
Cotton Disease Information from North Carolina
Cotton Disease Information from University of Missouri-Delta Center
Cotton Seedling Diseases: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions
The American Phytopathological Society -- Cotton Diseases
Cotton Disease Notes
Virus Index