How Do Plants Get Diseases
Most Plant Diseases – Around 85 Percent – Are Caused by Fungal or Fungal-Like Organisms. However, Other Serious Diseases of Food and Feed Crops Are Caused by...
Most plant diseases – around 85 percent – are caused by fungal or fungal-like organisms. However, other serious diseases of food and feed crops are caused by viral and bacterial organisms. Certain nematodes also cause plant disease.
What causes diseases in plants?
Infectious plant diseases are caused by living (biotic) agents, or pathogens. These pathogens can be spread from an infected plant or plant debris to a healthy plant. Microorganisms that cause plant diseases include nematodes, fungi, bacteria, and mycoplasmas.
What are the five causes of plant diseases?
Infectious plant diseases are caused by a pathogenic organism such as a fungus, bacterium, mycoplasma, virus, viroid, nematode, or parasitic flowering plant.
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