# List of tea diseases

Many of the diseases, pathogens and pests that affect the tea plant (Camellia sinensis) may affect other members of the plant genus Camellia.

## Bacterial diseases

Bacterial diseases :
| Bacterial canker | Xanthomonas campestris pv. theicola Xanthomonas gorlencovianum |
| Bacterial shoot blight | Pseudomonas avellanae pv. theae |
| Crown gall | Agrobacterium tumefaciens |

## Fungal diseases

Fungal diseases :
| Anthracnose | Colletotrichum theae-sinensis = Gloeosporium theae-sinensis Colletotrichum acutatum |
| Armillaria root rot | Armillaria mellea = Armillariella mellea Armillaria heimii = Armillaria fuscipes |
| Bird's eye spot | Cercoseptoria ocellata = Cercospora theae Pseudocercospora theae = Septoria theae = Cercoseptoria theae |
| Black blight | Cylindrocladium lanceolatum |
| Black root rot | Rosellinia arcuata Rosellinia bunodes = Rosellinia bunoides |
| Black rot | Ceratobasidium sp. Corticium invisum Corticium theae |
| Blister blight | Exobasidium vexans |
| Botryodiplodia root rot | Lasiodiplodia theobromae = Botryodiplodia theobromae |
| Brown blight | Glomerella cingulata Colletotrichum gloeosporioides [anamorph] = Colletotrichum camelliae |
| Brown root rot | Phellinus noxius = Fomes noxius |
| Brown spot | Calonectria colhounii Cylindrocladium colhounii [anamorph] |
| Brown zonate leaf blight | Ceuthospora lauri |
| Bud blight | Phoma theicola |
| Charcoal stump rot | Ustulina deusta Ustulina zonata [anamorph] |
| Collar and branch canker | Phomopsis theae |
| Collar rot | Rhizoctonia solani Thanatephorus cucumeris [teleomorph] |
| Copper blight | Guignardia camelliae |
| Damping-off | Cylindrocladium floridanum Calonectria kyotensis [teleomorph] Hypochnus centrifugus |
| Dieback | Leptothyrium theae Nectria cinnabarina |
| Gray blight | Pestalotiopsis theae = Pestalotia theae Pestalotiopsis longiseta = Pestalotia longiseta Pseudopestalotiopsis theae |
| Gray mold | Botrytis cinerea |
| Gray spot | Phyllosticta dusana |
| Horse-hair blight | Marasmius crinis-equi = Marasmius equicrinis |
| Leaf spot | Calonectria pyrochroa = Calonectria quinqueseptata Cylindrocladium ilicicola [anamorph] Calonectria theae Cylindrocladium theae [anamorph] Cochliobolus carbonum Hendersonia theicola Pestalotiopsis adusta Phaeosphaerella theae Pleospora theae |
| Leaf scab | Elsinoë theae |
| Macrophoma stem canker | Macrophoma theicola = Macrophoma theiocola Botryosphaeria dothidea Botryosphaeria mamane Fusarium solani |
| Net blister blight | Exobasidium reticulatum |
| Pale brown root rot | Pseudophaeolus baudonii |
| Phloem necrosis | Phloem necrosis virus (Camellia Virus 1) |
| Phyllosticta leaf spot | Phyllosticta erratica Phyllosticta theae |
| Pink disease | Corticium salmonicolor |
| Poria root rot and stem canker | Poria hypobrunnea |
| Purple root rot | Helicobasidium compactum |
| Red leaf spot | Phoma theicola |
| Red root rot | Ganoderma philippii Poria hypolateritia = Ceriporiopsis hypolateritia |
| Red rust (alga) | Cephaleuros virescens = Cephaleuros parasiticus |
| Rim blight | Cladosporium sp. |
| Root rot | Cylindrocarpon tenue Cylindrocladiella camelliae = Cylindrocladium camelliae Cylindrocladium clavatum Fomes lamaënsis Ganoderma applanatum Ganoderma lucidum |
| Rough bark | Patellaria theae |
| Sclerotial blight | Sclerotium rolfsii Athelia rolfsii [teleomorph] = Corticium rolfsii |
| Shoot withering | Diplodia theae-sinensis |
| Sooty mold | Capnodium footii Capnodium theae Meliola camelliae |
| Stump rot | Irpex destruens |
| Tarry root rot | Hypoxylon asarcodes |
| Thorny stem blight | Tunstallia aculeata |
| Thread blight | Marasmius tenuissimus |
| Twig blight | Patellaria theae |
| Twig dieback, stem canker | Macrophoma theicola |
| Velvet blight | Septobasidium bogoriense Septobasidium pilosum Septobasidium theae |
| Violet root rot | Sphaerostilbe repens |
| White root rot | Rigidoporus microporus = Rigidoporus lignosus = Fomes lignosus |
| White scab | Elsinoe leucospila = Sphaceloma theae |
| White spot | Phyllosticta theifolia |
| Wood rot | Hypoxylon nummularium Hypoxylon serpens Hypoxylon vestitum |
| Xylaria root rot | Xylaria sp. |

## Nematodes, parasitic

Nematodes, parasitic :
| Burrowing nematode | Radopholus similis |
| Dagger nematode | Xiphinema insigne |
| Lance nematode | Hoplolaimus columbus |
| Mature tea nematode | Meloidogyne brevicauda |
| Pin nematode | Paratylenchus curvitatus |
| Reniform nematode | Rotylenchulus reniformis |
| Root-knot nematode | Meloidogyne arenaria Meloidogyne hapla Meloidogyne incognita Meloidogyne javanica Meloidogyne thamesi |
| Root lesion nematode | Pratylenchus brachyurus Pratylenchus loosi |
| Sheath nematode | Hemicriconemoides kanayaensis |
| Spiral nematode | Helicotylenchus dihystera Helicotylenchus erythrinae |
| Stunt nematode | Tylenchorhynchus sp. |

## Lepidoptera (butterflies and moth) pests

Lepidoptera (butterflies and moth) pests :
| Case-bearer species | Coleophora scaleuta |
| Case-bearer species | Coleophora vigilis |
| Ghost moth species | Endoclita malabaricus |
| Ghost moth species | Endoclita punctimargo |
| Ghost moth species | Endoclita purpurescens |
| Ghost moth species | Endoclita sericeus |
| Willow beauty | Peribatodes rhomboidaria |