This is a list of diseases affecting species of the genus Ficus.

Plant Species

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Plant species
Fb Ficus benjamina weeping fig
Fe F. elastica rubber tree
Fer F. erecta Japanese fig
Fl F. lyrata fiddle-leaf fig

Bacterial diseases

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Bacterial diseases
Common name Scientific name Plants affected
Bacterial leaf spot Pseudomonas cichorii Fb, Fe, Fl
Bacterial leaf spot Pseudomonas ficuserectae Fer
Bacterial leaf spot Xanthomonas campestris
Crown gall Agrobacterium tumefaciens Fb, Fe

Fungal diseases

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Fungal diseases
Common name Scientific name Plants affected
Anthracnose Colletotrichum gloeosporioides Fe, Fl
Cercospora leaf spot Cercospora spp. Fe
Corynespora leaf spot Corynespora cassiicola Fb
Gray mold Botrytis cinerea Fe, Fl
Phomopsis dieback Diplodia spp. Fb
Southern blight Sclerotium rolfsii Fb, Fe, Fl
Verticillium wilt Verticillium albo-atrum Fb

Nematodes, parasitic

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Nematodes, parasitic
Common name Scientific name Plants affected
Foliar nematode Aphelenchoides besseyi Fe
Lesion nematodes Pratylenchus spp. Fb,Fe

References

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