List of poinsettia diseases
Appearance
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This article is a list of diseases of poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima).
Bacterial diseases
[edit]Fungal diseases
[edit]This also includes oomycetes
Nematodes, parasitic
[edit]Disease | Cause | Image |
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root-knot nematode | Meloidogyne spp. |
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Viral and viroid diseases
[edit]Disease | Cause | Image |
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mosaic | Euphorbia mosaic virus | |
mosaic | Poinsettia mosaic virus | |
(symptomless) | Poinsettia latent virus |
Miscellaneous diseases and disorders
[edit]Miscellaneous diseases and disorders | |
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Bleaching necrosis | Air pollutant injury from either chlorides (> 0.5 ppm), nitrogen dioxide (> 2-3 ppm) or sulfur dioxide (> 0.5 ppm) |
Bract necrosis | Physiological disorder favored by high humidity, heavy watering and high (ammoniacal) fertility rates in the last 4 weeks of production |
Chlorosis | Nitrogen deficiency producing a general foliar yellowing Molybdenum deficiency affecting mature young leaves and producing upward leaf roll |
Cyathia drop | Response to low light conditions, dryness and/or high temperatures at the end of the production cycle |
Dropping (epinasty) | Ethylene toxicity (< 1 ppm) or low temperature chilling |
Edema | Physiological |
Interveinal chlorosis | Magnesium deficiency, initiating on older leaves Manganese deficiency, initiating on young mature leaves |
Latex eruption | High internal turgor pressure associated with certain cultivars, high humidity, high moisture availability, low temperatures and/or mechanical abrasion |
Leaf glazing (bronzing) | Peroxyacetyl nitrate (PAN) injury to the lower epidermis
(> 0.2 ppm) |
Marginal necrosis | Potassium deficiency
Fluoride toxicity on tips and margins of young leaves and bracts (0.4 ppm in water) |
Stem splitting | Physiological expression of flower initiation |
Stippling | Ozone injury (> 4 ppm) |
Terminal shoot necrosis | Excessive soluble salts (> 800 EC X 102) |
White bract | Chilling injury occurring between 0–10 °C (32–50 °F) |
References
[edit]- "Diseases of Poinsettia". Common Names of Diseases, The American Phytopathological Society]