# List of caneberries diseases

This article is a list of diseases of caneberries (Rubus spp.).

## Bacterial diseases

Bacterial diseases :
| Crown and cane gall | Agrobacterium tumefaciens Agrobacterium rubi |
| Fire blight | Erwinia amylovora |
| Hairy root | Agrobacterium rhizogenes |
| Leafy gall | Rhodococcus fascians = Corynebacterium fascians |
| Pseudomonas blight | Pseudomonas syringae |

## Fungal diseases

Fungal diseases :
| Anthracnose | Elsinoë veneta Sphaceloma necator [anamorph] |
| Armillaria root rot Shoestring root rot | Armillaria mellea Rhizomorpha subcorticalis [anamorph] |
| Ascospora dieback | Clethridium corticola = Discostroma corticola = Ascospora ruborum Seimatosporium lichenicola [anamorph] |
| Blackberry rust | Phragmidium violaceum |
| Black rot | Phyllosticta carpogena |
| Blotch | Mycosphaerella confusa Pseudocercospora rubi [anamorph] = Cercospora rubi |
| Blotch, purple | Septocyta ruborum = Rhabdospora ramealis |
| Botryosphaeria cane canker (blackberry) | Botryosphaeria dothidea Fusicoccum aesculi [anamorph] |
| Botrytis fruit rot and blossom blight = gray mold | Botrytis cinerea Botryotinia fuckeliana [teleomorph] |
| Boysenberry decline | Cercosporella rubi |
| Cane and leaf rust | Kuehneola uredinis |
| Cane blight | Diapleella coniothyrium = Leptosphaeria coniothyrium Coniothyrium fuckelii [anamorph] |
| Cane Botrytis | Botrytis cinerea Botryotinia fuckeliana [teleomorph] |
| Downy mildew = dryberry | Peronospora sparsa = Peronospora rubi |
| Dryberry disease (loganberry) | Monilinia rubi (plus dryberry mite, see under miscellaneous disorders) |
| Fruit rots, minor | Alternaria spp. Cladosporium spp. Colletotrichum gloeosporioides Colletotrichum acutatum Penicillium spp. |
| Gnomonia cane canker | Gnomonia rubi |
| Late leaf rust | Pucciniastrum americanum Pucciniastrum arcticum |
| Leaf spots | Discohainesia oenotherae Hainesia lythri [anamorph] Mycosphaerella spp. Phyllosticta spp. |
| Nectria canker (raspberry) | Nectria mammoidea var. rubi Cylindrocarpon ianthothele var. ianthothele [anamorph] |
| Orange rust | Arthuriomyces peckianus (long-cycled rust) Gymnoconia nitens (short-cycled rust) |
| Phytophthora root rot | Phytophthora spp. Phytophthora fragariae var. rubi Phytophthora megasperma Phytophthora cactorum Phytophthora citricola Phytophthora cryptogea Phytophthora drechsleri Phytophthora cambivora Phytophthora cinnamomi Phytophthora erythroseptica |
| Post harvest soft rot = leak disease | Rhizopus stolonifer = Rhizopus nigricans Mucor piriformis |
| Powdery mildew | Sphaerotheca macularis |
| Raspberry leaf spot | Sphaerulina rubi Septoria darrowii [anamorph] = Cylindrosporium rubi |
| Root rot | Collybia dryophila Cylindrocarpon destructans Fusarium spp. Helicobasidium brebissonii Rhizoctonia crocorum [anamorph] Phymatotrichopsis omnivora = Phymatotrichum omnivorum Pythium spp. Rhizoctonia spp. |
| Rosette = double blossom | Cercosporella rubi |
| Septoria leaf spot (blackberry) = cane and leaf spot | Septoria rubi Mycosphaerella rubi [teleomorph] |
| Silver leaf | Chondrostereum purpureum = Stereum purpureum |
| Spur blight | Didymella applanata Phoma sp. [anamorph] |
| Stamen blight | Hapalosphaeria deformans |
| Sydowiella cane canker | Sydowiella depressula = Gnomonia depressula |
| Yellow rust | Phragmidium rubi-idaei = Phragmidium imitans |
| Verticillium wilt | Verticillium albo-atrum Verticillium dahliae |
| White root rot | Vararia sp. |

## Nematodes, parasitic

Nematodes, parasitic :
| Dagger, American nematode | Xiphinema americanum |
| Dagger nematode | Xiphinema bakeri Xiphinema rivesi |
| Root-lesion nematode | Pratylenchus spp. Pratylenchus penetrans |
| Needle nematode | Longidorus spp. |

## Virus and viruslike agents

Virus and viruslike agents :
| Mosaic or ringspot | genus Ilarvirus, Apple mosaic virus (ApMV) |
| Tobacco ringspot in Rubus | genus Nepovirus, Tobacco ringspot virus (TRSV) |
| Black raspberry streak | A graft-transmissible virus |
| Blackberry calico | genus Carlavirus, Blackberry calico virus (BCV) in North America. genus Potexvirus, Wineberry latent virus (WLV) upon inoculation in the U.K. |
| Bramble yellow mosaic | genus Potyvirus, Bramble yellow mosaic virus (BrmYMV) |
| European decline | genus Nepovirus, Cherry leaf roll virus (CLRV) |
| Green blotch | genus Cucumovirus, Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) |
| Latent virus, North America | genus Ilarvirus, Tobacco streak virus (Rubus strain) (TSV-R) |
| Latent virus, Europe | genus Potexvirus, Wineberry latent virus (WLV) |
| North American raspberry decline | genus Nepovirus, Tomato ringspot virus (TomRSV) or genus Nepovirus, Cherry rasp leaf virus (CRLV) |
| Raspberry bushy dwarf | genus Ideaovirus, Raspberry bushy dwarf virus (RBDV) |
| Raspberry mosaic | In North America caused by complexes of: Rubus yellow net virus (RYNV); black raspberry necrosis virus (BRNV); and an unnamed isometric virus similar to raspberry leaf mottle virus (RLMV) |
| Raspberry ringspot | Caused by either genus Nepovirus, Raspberry ringspot virus (RRSV) or genus Nepovirus tomato black ring virus (TBRV) |
| Raspberry vein chlorosis | Raspberry vein chlorosis virus (RVCV) |
| Raspberry veinbanding mosaic | Caused by RYNV + RLMV; additionally raspberry leaf spot virus (RLSV), uncharacterized, may occur with this complex |
| Raspberry yellow dwarf | Caused by either genus Nepovirus, Arabis mosaic virus (ArMV) or genus Nepovirus, Strawberry latent ringspot virus (SLRV) |
| Raspberry yellow spot | Raspberry yellow spot (virus-like agent of unknown relationship) |
| Thimbleberry ringspot | genus Ilarvirus, Apple mosaic virus |

## Phytoplasmla and spiroplasmal diseases

Phytoplasmla and spiroplasmal diseases :
| Black raspberry witches'-broom | Phytoplasma |
| Rubus stunt | Rubus stunt phytoplasma |

## Miscellaneous diseases and disorders

Miscellaneous diseases and disorders :
| Alpine mosaic in Rubus | Alpine mosaic agent, (a graft-transmissible agent of unknown identity) |
| Blackberry sterility | Cause unknown |
| Brown berry disease (of black raspberry) | Cause unknown |
| Crumbly berries | Various causes: poor pollination, genetic, virus, insect, nutrition, winter injury, water relations |
| Dryberry disease (loganberry) | Phyllocoptes gracilis (dryberry mite) and Rhizoctonia rubi |
| Fasciation | Cause unknown |
| Midge blight | Phoma macrostoma var. macrostoma Fusarium culmorum Alternaria spp. colonization following feeding by Resseliella theoboldi (raspberry cane midge) |
| Raspberry leaf curl | Raspberry leaf curl uncharacterized agent(s) |
| Redberry disease | Acalitus essigi (redberry mite) |
| Seedborne dsRNA in wild raspberry | dsRNA of mol. wt. typical of plant viruses, but not associated with host symptoms or virus-like particles |