Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4 Volume 5 Number 9 September, 1964 Article 12 1-1-1964 A revised list of diseases of ornamental plants recorded in Western Australia O M. Goss Follow this and additional works at: https://researchlibrary.agric.wa.gov.au/journal_agriculture4 Part of the Other Plant Sciences Commons, and the Plant Pathology Commons Recommended Citation Goss, O M. (1964) "A revised list of diseases of ornamental plants recorded in Western Australia," Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4: Vol. 5 : No. 9 , Article 12. Available at: https://researchlibrary.agric.wa.gov.au/journal_agriculture4/vol5/iss9/12 This article is brought to you for free and open access by Research Library. It has been accepted for inclusion in Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4 by an authorized administrator of Research Library. For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]. A REVISED LIST OF DISEASES OF ORNAMENTAL PLANTS RECORDED IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA Compiled from Department of Agriculture Records by OLGA M. GOSS, B.Sc. (Hons.), Plant Pathologist THIS list of ornamental diseases constitutes a revision of portion of the census published by Carne (1925) and added to by the same author in 1927. It contains also records of diseases identified in the period between these earlier publications and June 30, 1961. Parts of the disease record referring to vegetables, cereals, grasses and pasture legumes, native plants, weeds, field and fibre crops and fruit have already been published (Chambers 1959, 1960, 1961, MacNish 1963, Doepel 1964). The list is arranged alphabetically according to the botanical names of the host plants. In general, the viral, bacterial, fungal and nematodal diseases and physiological disorders of each host are listed in that order. The locality and date of the first record in each instance is also given wherever possible. A list of common names of host plants has been appended to facilitate reference. FIRST RECORD HOST CAUSE COMMON NAME PLACE j MONTH YEAR Abutilon sp. (Chinese Lantern) .... Non-parasitic I Leaf scorch Osborne Park .... Jan. j 1961 Acacia data A. Cunn. i Non-parasitic 1 T.C.A. Weed Killer Como Feb. | 1960 —damage Acalypha sp ! Phyliosticta ulaecola Cke j Leaf Spot Perth i Oct. 1915 Acmena smithii Merr. & L. M. Capnodium sp. and Meliola sp., etc j Sooty Moulds Maylands .... \ Feb. 1946 Perry (Lilly-Pilly) Non-parasitic : Leaf Scorch East Pingelly .... | Feb. 1959 Agonis fiexuosa (Spreng) Schau. Capnodium sp. and Meliola sp., etc Sooty Moulds City Beach ... j Aug. 1957 (Peppermint Tree) Althaea rosea Cav. (Holly Hock) ! Colletotrichum malvarum Br. and Casp. [ Anthracnose Claremont .... July 1934 Puccinia malvacearum Mont. .... Rust 1913 ; *Meloidogyne sp. Root Knot Eelworm 1940 Amaryllis belladonna L. (Bella­ Botrytis sp ; Grey Mould Albany Sept. 1956 donna Lily) Physoderma sp. Leaf Spot Nedlands Aug. 1960 Amaryllis sp. (Hippeastrum) .... Stagonospora curtisii (Berk.) Sacc Leaf Scorch Bassendean .... i Sept. 1941 Pratylenchus sp. i Root Lesion Eelworm Gosnells [ July 1955 AmpeUypsis hederacea D.C. (Vir­ Non-parasitic Leaf Scorch Nedlands .... 1 Jan. 1931 ginia Creeper) Anemone sp. PcBicularui rolfsii (Curxi) West Collar Rot 1932 *Meioidogyne sp. Root Knot Eelworm Boyanup June 1930 Pathogen not recorded Root Rot Swanbourne .... I Sept. 1959 Antirrhinum majvs L. (Snapdragon) ? Tomato big bud virus Samuel, Bald, Flower Greening and Kojonup April 1951 and Eardley Virescence Fusarium sp Root Hot i Nov. 1921 Puccinia anlirrhini Diet, and Holw Rust Forrestfleld .... ! Sept. 1955 Septoria anlirrhini Desm Leaf Spot Parkerville .... ; Sept. 1945 'ileloidogyne sp. Root Knot Eelworm Fremantle .... Dec. 1919 Aquilegia sp. (Columbine) Non-parasitic Leaf Scorch Claremont .... { Jan. 1961 Araucaria excelsa R. Br. (Norfolk Non-parasitic i Sun Canker South Perth .... 1936 Island Pine) * Recorded as Beterodera radicicvla (Greef) Moll. 589 Journal of Agriculture Vol 5 No 9 1964 FIRST RECORD HOST COMMON NAME PLACE MONTH YEAR Arbutus sp. (Strawberry Tree) .... Meloidogyne sp. Boot Knot Eelworm Dalkeith March 1959 Arctotheca sp Pathogen not recorded Collar Rot Innaloo Oct. 1960 Arundo donax L. (Bamboo) Curvuiaria sp. Leaf Spot Gerald ton Feb. 1959 Aspidistra sp Non-parasitic Leaf Burn ... West Leederville Jane 1929 Aster notae-angltaf L. (Michaelmas ? Tomato big bud virtu Samuel, Bald Flower Greening and Floreat Park Feb. 1961 Daisy) and Eardley Virescence Erysiphe cichoracearum D.C. Powdery Mildew .... Subiaco May 1927 Bauhinia sp. Non-parasitic Leaf Scorch Victoria Park .... May 1957 Begonia spp. Tomato spotted wilt virus Samuel, Bald Spotted Wilt .... j Wembley July 1956 and Pittman Xanthomonas begoniae Takimoto Bacteriosis ! Subiaco Jan. 1927 Botrytis cinerea Pers Grey Mould Rot of .... Aug. 1933 Leaves and Flowers| Oidium sp. .... .... Powderv Mildew .... i Witchcliffe Dec. 1959 Meloidogyne sp. Root Knot Eelworm 1 Palmyra Dec. 1953 Non-parasitic Oedema City Beach Aug. 1959 Non-parasitic Tip Bum and Leaf ! Perth Jan. 1928 Scorch Betula lutea Michx. (Silver Birch) Agrobaeterium tumefaciens (Smith and Crown Gall .... I Nedlands May 1958 Townsend) Conn BougainviUea sp. Armillaria meUea (Vahl ex Fr.) Quel. Root Rot _ Greenmount 1959 Non-parasitic Leaf Scorch Narrikup April 1961 Boussingaultia gracilis Miers (Po­ AUernaria sp. Leaf Spot Bejoording July 1957 tato Creeper) Brachyckiion acerifolium F. Muell. Non-parasitic Leaf Scorch Maylands May 1961 (Illawarra Flame Tree) Non-parasitic Sun Canker South Perth 1942 Non-parasitic Growth Stoppage . Dalkeith April 1956 Brachychilon diversifolia R. Br. Non-parasitic Hormone Damage to Orange Grove Jan. 1955 (Kurrajong) Leaves, etc. Pathogen not recorded Leaf Spot Metropolitan Jan. 1957 Calceolaria sp. Botrytis sp. 4- water excess .... Basal Stem Rot Gosnells Sept. 1956 Calendula officinalis L. ? Tomato big bud virus Samuel, Bald Flower Greening and Metropolitan 1950 and Eardley Virescence Entyloma calendulae (Oudem) de By. | Leaf Spot Forrestfleld July 1951 Sdcrotinia sderotiorum (Lib.) de By. Stem Rot Miling .... Sept. 1953 Meloidogyne sp. Root Knot Eelworm North Beach Aug. 1959 Orobancke cernua Loefl. Broom Rape Gosnells .... Sept. 1929 Cause unknown Fasciation (Abnormal Perth .... Dec. 1928 Proliferation) Callistrphus chinensis Nees (Aster) 1 Tomato big bud virus Samuel, Bald Flower Greening and Perth .... Jan. 1947 and Eardley Virescence Tomato spotted wilt virus Samuel, Bald Spotted Wilt Kalamunda Dec. 1958 and Pittman Fusarium oxysporum F. eaUistephi Fusarium Wilt .... Perth Dec. 1946 (Beach) Snyder and Hansen Oidium sp Powdery Mildew .... Perth .... Jan. 1950 Non-parasitic Hormone Weedicide Lesmurdie Jan. 1957 Injury Pathogen not recorded Crown Rot Claremont Feb. 1956 Camellia japonica L. Virus unidentified Ring Spot Virus i 1958 Virus unidentified Yellow Mottle Albany .... Sept. 1944 Botrytis sp Grey Mould Blossom Boyup Brook Feb. 1955 Blight Capnodium sp. and Meliola sp., etc. Sooty Moulds .... ' Kojonup Feb. 1955 CoUetotrichum camelliae Massee Leaf Spot Kalamunda Feb. 1938 Maerosporium sp. Leaf Spot I Kalamunda Dec. 1957 Pestalotia guepini Desm Leaf Spot i Porongorups Aug. 1957 Phyllosticta sp Leaf Spot I Subiaco July 1958 Meloidogyne sp. Root Knot Eelworm Floreat Park .... Sept. 1958 Non-parasitic .... Bud Drop Perth Sept. 1958 Non-parasitic .... Leaf Variegation .... \ Bickley March 1955 Non-parasitic .... Gum Spotting of West Perth Nov. 1925 Leaves Non-parasitic Leaf Scorch Maylands May 1961 Pathogen not recorded Root Rot Corrigln Feb. 1958 Cassia sp. Pea mosaic virus Doollttle and Jones Pea mosaic .... , Nedlands Nov. 1943 Fusarium sp Root Rot Rivervale Oct. 1957 ^Meloidogyne sp. Root Knot Eelworm Perth April 1928 Cause unknown Fasciation Como May 1958 Cattleya sp. Gloeosporium macropus Sacc. Anthracnose North Perth 1951 * Recorded as Ueterodera radicicola (Greef) Mull. 590 Journal of Agriculture Vol 5 No 9 1964 FIRST RECORD HOST CAUSE COMMON NAME PLACE MONTH TEAR Celosia sp. (Cockscomb)... Meloidogyne sp. Root Knot Eelworm [ Queens Park March 1960 Centaurea eyanut L. (Cornflower) Tomato spotted unit virus Samnel, Bald Spotted Wilt Hollywood Aug. 1959 and Pittman Pythium sp Black Root Rot .... Cottesloe Aug. 1927 Chamelauceum uncinatum Schau. Agrobaderium tumefaciens (Smith and Crown Gall South Perth March j 1955 (Geraldton Wax) Townsend) Conn Oidium sp Powdery Mildew .... Nedlands 1943 Meloidogyne sp. Root Knot Eelworm South Perth Oct. 1955 Choisya Urrtata Hbk. (Mexican Capnodium sp. and Meliola sp., etc. Sooty Mould 3Ianjimup Oct. 1958 Orange) Non-parasitic Leaf Scorch Geraldton Feb. 1959 Chrysanthemumfrutescens L. (Mar­ Oidium sp. Powdery Mildew Frankland July 1957 guerite) C. maximum Ramond (Shasta ? Tomato big bud virus Samuel, Bald Flower Greening and Metropolitan Jan. 1958 Daisy) and Eardley Vlrescence Meloidogyne sp. Root Knot Eelworm West Perth June V. morifolium Ram. (Chrysanthe- Virus unidentified Mosaic Mt. Lawley Jan. 1925 Tomato spotted wilt virus Samuel, Bald Spotted WUt Geraldton Feb. 1958 ') and Pittman Erysiphe eichoracearum D.C Powdery Mildew .... South Perth .... June 1923 Puccinia chrysanthemi Roxe Rust Armadale April 1946 Aphelenchoides ritzema-bosi (Schwartz) Leaf Nematode .... Fremantle Aug. 1960 Steiner Meloidogyne hiipla Chitwood .... Root Knot Eelworm Roy Hill Station April 1958 Meloidogyne javanica (Treub) Chitwood Root Knot Eelworm Dalkeith March. 1958 Non-parasitic