Diseases
Oil seed crops diseases
- Alternaria sp. - Dark-Brown Spot of Sunflower
- Athelia rolfsii (Curzi) C.C.Tu and Kimbr. - Basal Stem Rot or Southern Blight of Sunflower.
- Botryotinia fuckeliana (de Bary) Whetz. (teleomorph); Botrytis cinerea Pers. (anamorph) - Gray Mould of Sunflower
- Erisiphe cichoracearum D.C. f. helianthi Jacz., Leveillula compositarum Golow f. helianthi Golow. - Powdery Mildew of Sunflower
- Fusarium sp., Rhizoctonia sp. - Root Rot of Sunflower
- Leptosphaeria lindquistii Frezzi - Black Stem of Sunflower, Phomosis.
- Macrophomina phaseolina (Tassi) Goid. - Charcoal Rot of Sunflower.
- Gray Stem Spot of Sunflower (Phomopsis) - Diaporthe helianthi Munt.-Cvet. et al. (teleomorph), Phomopsis helianthi Munt.-Cvet. et al. (anamorph) (=Diaporthe arctii (Lasch) Nit., =Diaporthe arctii var. achileae (Auers) Wehm.
- Plasmodiophora brassicae Woronin - Clubroot of crucifers.
- Plasmopara halstedii (Farl.) Berl. et de Toni - Downy Mildew of Sunflower.
- Puccinia helianthi Schw. - Rust of Sunflower.
- Rhizopus stolonifer var.stolonifer (Ehrenb.) Vuill. - Dry Head Rot of Sunflower.
- Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) de Bary (=Sclerotinia libertiana Fuckel., =Whetzelinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) Korf and Dumont) - White Rot of Sunflower.
- Septoria helianthi Ell. et Kell. - Septoria Leaf Spot of Sunflower, Septoriosis.
- Verticillium dahliae Kleb. - Sunflower Verticillum Wilt.