# List of sweet potato diseases

This article is a list of diseases of the sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas).

## Bacterial diseases

Bacterial diseases :
| Bacterial leaf spot | Xanthomonas campestris (Pammel) Dowson |
| Bacterial stem and root rot | Erwinia chrysanthemi |
| Bacterial wilt | Ralstonia solanacearum |
| Crown gall | Agrobacterium tumefaciens |
| Hairy roots | Agrobacterium rhizogenes |
| Little leaf (proliferation disease) | Phytoplasma |

## Fungal diseases

Fungal diseases :
| Alternaria leaf spot and stem blight | Alternaria spp. |
| Alternaria storage rot | Alternaria spp. |
| Black rot | Ceratocystis fimbriata Chalara sp. [anamorph] |
| Blue mold rot | Penicillium spp. |
| Cercospora leaf spot | Cercospora spp. Phaeoisariopsis bataticola = Cercospora bataticola, C. batatas, C. ipomoeae |
| Charcoal rot | Macrophomina phaseolina |
| Chlorotic leaf distortion | Fusarium lateritium Gibberella baccata [teleomorph] |
| Circular spot | Sclerotium rolfsii Athelia rolfsii [teleomorph] |
| Dry rot | Diaporthe phaseolorum = Diaporthe batatatis Phomopsis phaseoli [anamorph] |
| End rot | Fusarium spp. Fusarium solani Nectria haematococca [teleomorph] |
| False Broom Rape | Splinterus Maximus |
| Foot rot | Plenodomus destruens |
| Fusarium root rot and stem canker | Fusarium solani |
| Fusarium wilt (stem rot) | Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. batatas |
| Gray mold rot | Botrytis cinerea Botryotinia fuckeliana [teleomorph] |
| Java black rot | Lasiodiplodia theobromae = Diplodia gossypina |
| Leaf mold | Choanephora cucurbitarum |
| Mottle necrosis | Pythium spp. Pythium scleroteichum Pythium ultimum Phytophthora spp. |
| Phyllosticta leaf blight | Phomopsis ipomeae-batatas = Phyllosticta batatas |
| Phymatotrichum root rot (cotton root rot) | Phymatotrichopsis omnivora = Phymatotrichum omnivorum |
| Pink root | Phoma terrestris = Pyrenochaeta terrestris |
| Punky rot | Trichoderma spp. Trichoderma koningii |
| Rhizoctonia stem canker (sprout rot) | Rhizoctonia solani Thanatephorus cucumeris [teleomorph] |
| Rhizopus soft rot | Rhizopus spp. Rhizopus stolonifer |
| Rootlet rot | Fusarium solani Pythium spp. Pythium ultimum Rhizoctonia solani Streptomyces ipomoeae |
| Rust, red | Coleosporium ipomoeae |
| Rust, white | Albugo ipomoeae-panduratae |
| Scab, leaf and stem | Sphaceloma batatas Elsinoe batatas [teleomorph] |
| Southern blight Sclerotial blight | Sclerotium rolfsii |
| Scurf | Monilochaetes infuscans |
| Septoria leaf spot | Septoria bataticola |
| Storage rot | Epicoccum spp. Fusarium solani Mucor racemosus Sclerotinia spp. |
| Surface rot | Fusarium oxysporum Fusarium solani |
| Violet root rot | Helicobasidium mompa |

## Nematodes, parasitic

Nematodes, parasitic :
| Brown ring of roots (bulb and stem nematode) | Ditylenchus dipsaci Ditylenchus destructor |
| Burrowing | Radopholus similis |
| Dagger | Xiphinema spp. Xiphinema americanum |
| Lesion | Pratylenchus brachyurus Pratylenchus coffeae |
| Pin | Paratylenchus spp. |
| Reniform | Rotylenchulus reniformis |
| Root-knot | Meloidogyne spp. Meloidogyne arenaria Meloidogyne hapla Meloidogyne incognita Meloidogyne javanica |
| Spiral | Helicotylenchus spp. |
| Sting | Belonolaimus longicaudatus |
| Stubby-root | Paratrichodorus spp. Paratrichodorus minor |
| Stunt | Tylenchorhynchus spp. |

## Viral and viroid diseases

Viral and viroid diseases :
| Feathery mottle | Sweet potato feathery mottle virus (SPFMV) |
| Internal cork | Internal cork strain of Sweet potato feathery mottle virus (SPFMV-IC) |
| Latent virus | Sweet potato latent virus (SPLV) |
| Mild mottle | Sweet potato mild mottle virus (SPMMV) |
| Russet crack | Russet crack strain of Sweet potato feathery mottle virus (SPFMV-RC) |
| Sweet potato virus disease (SPVD) | Sweet potato feathery mottle virus and Sweet potato chlorotic stunt virus |