Key to Pecan Diseases

DISEASES OF THE LEAVES
Olive spots on underside [page 5] Scab
Downy, buff, or greenish-yellow lesions [page 7] Downy Spot
Small, reddish-brown to gray spots on underside [page 6] Brown Leaf Spot
Dark brown to black lesions on veins and stems [page 6] Vein Spot
Tiny white tufts of fungal growth on underside [page 9] Articularia Leaf Mold
Small olive green velvety spots. By midsummer, black pimple-like dots appear in the spots [page 7] Leaf Blotch
Leaflets yellowish, mottled, narrowed and crinkled with reddish-brown spots, may be perforated [page 8] Rosette
Broomy type of twig growth, bunching of leaves [page 8] Bunch Disease
DISEASES OF THE NUTS
Small black sunken or raised spots which may fuse to cover entire surface of shuck [page 5] Scab
Pink spore masses on shuck surface [page 9] Pink Mold
DISEASES OF THE ROOTS
Galls of various sizes on larger roots [page 7] Crown Gall
Splitting and deterioration of bark of infected roots, strands of buff-colored fungal growth may be present [page 10] Cotton Root Rot
NONPARASITIC PLANTS ON THE LIMBS AND BARK
Whitish-gray mosslike masses on the bark [page 9] Lichens
Accumulations of grayish strands hanging from limbs and twigs or ball-like growth on limbs and branches [page 9] Spanish Moss, Ball Moss