Review Article
Proteomics of Plant Pathogenic Fungi
Table 1
Main plant pathogenic fungi causing disease in plants.
| Phylum | Genus | Anamorphic stage | Hosts | Disease | Example |
| Chytridiomycota | Olpidium | | cabbage | root diseases | O. brassicae | | Physoderma | | corn | brown spot | P. maydis | | | | alfalfa | crown wart | P. (= Urophlyctis) alfalfae | | Synchytrium | | potato | potato wart | S. endobioticum |
| Zygomycota | Rhizopus | | fruits and vegetables | bread molds and soft rot | R. oligosporus | | Choanephora | | squash | soft rot | C. cucurbitarum | | Mucor | | fruits and vegetables | bread mold and storage rots | M. indicus |
| Ascomycota | Taphrina | | peach plum oak | leaf curl leaf blister and so forth | T. deformans | | Galactomyces | | citrus | sour rot | G. candidum | | Blumeria | | cereals and grasses | powdery mildew | B. graminis 1 | | Erysiphe | Oidium | many herbaceous plants | powdery mildew | E. pisi | | Leveillula | | tomato | powdery mildew | L. taurica | | Microsphaera | | lilac | powdery mildew | M. penicullata | | Oidium | | tomato | powdery mildew | O. neolycopersici | | Podosphaera | | apple | powdery mildew | P. leucotricha | | Sphaerotheca | | roses and peach | powdery mildew | S. pannosa | | Uncinula | | grape | powdery mildew | U. necator | | Nectria | | trees | twig and stem cankers | N. galligena | | Gibberella | | corn and small grains | foot or stalk rot | F. graminearum 1 | | | Fusarium | several plants | vascular wilts root rots stem rots seed infections | F. oxysporum1 | | Claviceps | | grain crops | ergot | C. purpurea | | Ceratocystis | Chalara | oak | oak wilt | C. fagacearum | | | | stone fruit and sweet potato | cankers and root rot | C. fimbriata | | | | pineapple | butt rot | C. paradoxa | | Monosporascus | | cucurbits | root rot and collapse | M. cannonballus | | Glomerella | | apple | anthracnoses and bitter rot | G. cingulata | | | Colletotrichum | many plants | anthracnoses | C. lindemuthianum | | Phyllachora | | grasses | leaf spots | P. graminis | | Ophiostoma | Sporothrix and Graphium | elm | Dutch elm disease | O. novo-ulm | | Diaporthe | | | citrus melanose | D. citri | | | | | eggplant fruit rot | D. vexans | | | | | soybean pod and stem rot | D. phaseolorum | | Gaeumannomyces | | grain crops and grasses | take-all disease | G. graminis | | Magnaporthe | | rice | rice blast | M. grisea 1 | | Cryphonectria | | chestnut | blight disease | C. parasitica | | Leucostoma | | peach and other trees | canker diseases | L. persoonii | | Hypoxylon | | poplars | canker disease | H. mammatum | | Rosellinia | | fruit trees and vines | root diseases | R. necatrix | | Xylaria | | trees | tree cankers and wood decay | X. longipes | | Eutypa | | fruit trees and vines | canker | E. armeniacae | | Mycosphaerella | Cercospora | Banana | Sigatoka disease | M. musicola and M. fijiensis | | | Septoria | cereals and grasses | leaf spots | M. graminicola | | | | strawberry | leaf spot | M. fragariae | | Elsinoë | | citrus trees | citrus scab | E. fawcetti | | | | grape | anthracnose | E. ampelina | | | | raspberry | anthracnose | E. veneta | | Capnodium | | most plants | sooty molds | C. elaeophilum | | Cochliobolus | Bipolaris | grain crops and grasses | leaf spots and root rots | C. carbonum and B. maydis | | | Curvularia | grasses | leaf spots | C. lunata 1 | | Pyrenophora | Drechslera | cereals and grasses | leaf spots | P. graminea | | Setosphaera | | cereals and grasses | leaf spots | S. turcica | | Pleospora | Stemphylium | tomato | black mold rot | P. lycopersici and S. solani | | Leptosphaeria | | cabbage | black leg and foot rot | L. maculans 1 | | Venturia | | apple | apple scab | V. inaequalis | | | | pear | pear scab | V. pyrina | | | Cladosporium | tomato | leaf mold | C. fulvum | | | | peach and almond | scab | C. carpophilum | | Guignardia | Phyllosticta | grapes | black rot | G. bidwellii | | Apiosporina | | cherries and plums | black knot | A. morbosa | | Hypoderma | | pines | needle cast | H. desmazierii | | Lophodermium | | pines | needle cast | L. pinastri | | Rhabdocline | | pines | Douglas fir needle cast | R. weirii | | Rhytisma | | maple | tar spot of leaves | R. acerinum | | Monilinia | | stone fruit | brown rot disease | M. fruticola | | Sclerotinia | | vegetables | white mold | S. sclerotiorum 1 | | Stromatinia | | gladiolus | corm rot | S. gladioli | | Pseudopeziza | | alfalfa | leaf spot | P. trifolii | | Diplocarpon | | quince and pear | black spot | D. maculatum | | Talaromyces | Penicillium | fruits | blue mold rot | P. digitatum | | | Aspergillus | seeds | bread mold and seed decays | A. niger 1 | | Hypocrea | Verticillium | many plants | vascular wilts | V. dahliae 1 | | Lewia | Alternaria | many plants | leaf spots and blights | A. alternata | | Setosphaera | Exserohilum | grasses | leaf spots | E. longirostratum | | Botryosphaeria | Sphaeropsis | apple | black rot | S. pyriputrescens | | Botryotinia | Botrytis | many plants | gray mold rots | B. cinerea 1 | | Monilinia | Monilia | stone fruits | brown rot | M. fruticola | | Diplocarpon | Entomosporium | pear | leaf and fruit spot | E. mespili | | Greeneria | Melanconium | grape | bitter rot | M. fuligineum |
| Basidiomycota | Ustilago | | corn | smut | U. maydis 1 | | | | oats | loose smuts | U. avenae | | | | barley | loose smuts | U. nuda | | | | wheat | loose smuts | U. tritici | | Tilletia | | wheat | covered smut or bunt | T. caries | | | | wheat | Karnal bunt | T. indica | | Urocystis | | onion | smut | U. cepulae | | Sporisorium | | sorghum | covered kernel smut | S. sorghi | | | | sorghum | loose sorghum smut | S. cruentum | | Sphacelotheca | | sorghum | head smut | S. reiliana | | Cronartium | | pines | blister rust | C. ribicola | | Gymnosporangium | | apple | cedar-apple rust | G. juniperi-virginianae | | Hemileia | | coffee | rust | H. vastatrix | | Melampsora | | flax | rust | M. lini | | Phakopsora | | soybeans | rust | P. pachyrrhizi | | Puccinia | | cereals | rust | P. recondita | | Uromyces | | beans | rust | U. appendiculatus 1 | | Exobasidium | | ornamentals | leaf flower and stem galls | E. japonicum | | Athelia | | many plants | Southern blight | A. rolfsii | | | Sclerotium | onions | white rot | S. cepivorum | | Thanatephorus | Rhizoctonia | many plants | root and stem rots damping-off and fruit rots | T. cucumeris and R.solani | | Typhula | | turf grasses | snow mold | T. incarnata | | Armillaria | | trees | root rots | A. mellea | | Crinipellis | | cacao | witches’-broom | C. perniciosus | | Marasmius | | turf grasses | fairy ring disease | M. oreades | | Pleurotus | | trees | white rot on logs tree stumps and living trees | P. ostreatus 1 | | Pholiota | | trees | brown wood rot | P. squarrosa | | Chondrostereum | | trees | silver leaf disease | C. purpureum | | Corticium | | turf grasses | red thread disease | C. fuciforme | | Heterobasidion | | trees | root and butt rot | H. annosum | | Ganoderma | | trees | root and basal stem rots | G. boninense | | Inonotus | | trees | heart rot | I. hispidus | | Polyporus | | trees | heart rot | P. glomeratus | | Postia | | trees | wood and root rot | P. fragilis |
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1These phytopathogenic fungi are named in the text.
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