Ginseng is an agricultural product affected by many plant pathogens and pests. Roots are harvested from the wild, or cultivated agriculturally. The information here concerns "true" ginseng species in the genus Panax.
Fungi Actinomucor Alternaria Alternaria alternata (black spot disease) Alternaria panax (black spot disease) Aschersonia Aspergillus Botrytis cinerea (gray mold disease) Chalara Cladosporium Clonostachys Colletotrichum Colletotrichum gloeosporioides (anthracnose disease) Colletotrichum dematium (anthracnose disease) Cylindrocarpon Cylindrocarpon panacis (root rot disease) Diploceccium Epicoccum Erysiphe Erysiphe panacis Eutypella Eutypella scoparia Fusarium Fusarium flocciferum Fusarium oxysporum (root rot disease) Fusarium solani (root rot disease) Golovinomyces biocellatus, formerly Oidium erysiphoides (P. notoginseng powdery mildew disease) Haematonectria Ilyonectria Ilyonectria crassa Ilyonectria destructans, formerly Cylindrocarpon destructans (root rot disease) Ilyonectria liliigena Ilyonectria mors-panacis Ilyonectria panacis Ilyonectria robusta Magnaporthe Meloderma Mycocentrospora Mycocentrospora acerina (round spot disease) Neonectria Neurospora Neurospora sitophila Pestalotiopsis Phoma Phoma herbarum Phomopsis Plectosphaerella Plectosphaerella cucumerina Ramularia Rhexocercosporidium panacis Rhizoctonia Rhizoctonia solani (blight disease) Rhizopus Sclerotiniaceae Sclerotinia Thelonectria Verticillium
Oomycota Phytophthora (root rot disease) Phytophthora cactorum (root rot disease) Phytophthora citricola Pythium Pythium altimum Pythium irregulare
Bacteria Pseudomonas (root rot disease) Pseudomonas marginalis, formerly Pseudomonas panacis (rusty root)
Viruses Potyvirus panax, formerly Panax virus Y Begomovirus solanumflavuschinaense, formerly Tomato yellow leaf curl China virus Betasatellite solaniflavuschinaense, formerly Tomato yellow leaf curl China betasatellite P. notoginseng virus A Polerovirus TVDV, formerly tobacco vein distorting virus
Animals Acusta despecta sieboldtiana Ditylenchus destructor Meloidogyne hapla (root-knot nematode disease) Slugs
Endophytes Endophytes are symbiotic organisms that are not pathogenic.
Drechmeria panacis Trichoderma panacis Verruconis panacis
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