Diseases-fungal, water molds, bacteria

4 fungal divisions are

Zygomycetes

Ascomycetes

Basidiomycetes

Deuteromycetes

General favorable conditions for fungal diseases

Moisture

Ventilation

Temp

Basic fungal lifecycle

Spore

Hypha

Mycelium

Fruiting body

Zygomycetes are

Molds and mostly soil born

Ascomycetes are

Yeasts, powdery mildew, Dutch elm, apple scab, balckspot!!

Basidiomycetes

Mushrooms, smut, rust

Deuteromycetes are

Verticullium wilt, fusaruim wilt, ringworm! Athletes foot! Cheese! Penicillian!

Examples of oomycetes- WATER MOLDS

Phytophthora (root rot)

Phytophtora ramorum (SOD sudden oak death)

Pythium (damp off)

Examples of bacterial diseases

Canker

Gall

Fireblight

Powdery mildew

Botryis

Rust

Blackspot

Verticullium wilt

Fusarium wilt

(Really effects tomatoes)

Phytophthora cinnamomi

Phytophthoa ramorum

Pythium- damp off

Bacterial canker

Gall

Fireblight