list of exotic plant diseases introduced in India.
Long before official plant quarantine laws existed in India many plant materials were both imported and exported throughout the world. As a result of these expeditions many plant diseases were also introduced unknowingly they became part of our ecosystem and continue to be a menace. List depicting introduced plant diseases from other countries of the world is given below.
Given below is a list of major diseases introduced into India throughout the years before efficient quarantine procedures were not in place.
| Sl.No |
Disease |
Host | Country | Year |
| 1 | Bunchy Top | Banana | Sri Lanka | 1940 |
| 2 | Potato wart (Synchytrium endobioticum) | Potato | Netherlands | 1953 |
| 3 | Late blight (Phytophthora infestans) | Potato, Tomato | Europe | – |
| 4 | Grape downy mildew (Plasmopara viticola) | Grapevine | Europe | 1910 |
| 5 | Foot rot (Fusarium monoliformae) | Rice | South East Asia | – |
| 6 | Leaf spot( Phyllachora sorghi) | Sorghum | South East Asia | – |
| 7 | Powdery mildew (Oidium hevae) | Rubber | Malaysia | – |
| 8 | Coffee Rust (Hemelia vastatrix) | Coffee | Sri Lanka | 1879 |
| 9 | Peronospora destructor | Onion | Europe | 1977 |
| 10 | Phytophthora parasitica var. nicotianae | Tobacco | Dutch East indies | 1938 |
| 11 | Plasmopara halstedii | Sunflower | – | 1985 |
| 12 | Pseudoperonospora cubensis | Cucurbits | Sri Lanka | 1910 |
| 13 | Puccinia arachidis | Groundnut | South America | 1972 |
| 14 | Puccinia carthmi | Safflower | Japan/Europe | 1904 |
| 15 | Venturia inequalis | Apple | – | 1985 |
| 16 | Sphaeropsis malorum | Apple | Australia | 1943 |
| 17 | Sclerospora phillippinesis | Maize | Java | 1912 |
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