Dieback may refer to a number of plant problems and diseases including:
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Forest dieback
Forest dieback (also "", a German loan word, ) is a condition in trees or woody plants in which peripheral parts are killed, either by pathogens, parasites or conditions like acid rain, drought, and more.
These episodes can have disastrous con ...
caused by acid rain, heavy metal pollution, or imported pathogens
* The death of regions of a plant or similar organism caused by physical damage, such as from
pruning
Pruning is the selective removal of certain parts of a plant, such as branches, buds, or roots.
It is practiced in horticulture (especially fruit tree pruning), arboriculture, and silviculture.
The practice entails the targeted removal of di ...
* Those caused by the genus ''
Eutypa
''Eutypa'' is a genus of fungi in the family Diatrypaceae. The widespread genus was estimated to contain 32 species in 2008, and then 68 by 2023. Anamorphic forms include the genera '' Libertella'' and '' Cytosporina''. The genus was circumscribed ...
'', such as
''Eutypa'' dieback
* Those caused by the genus ''
Phytophthora
''Phytophthora'' (from Greek (''phytón''), "plant" and (), "destruction"; "the plant-destroyer") is a genus of plant-damaging oomycetes (water molds), whose member species cause economic losses on crops worldwide, as well as environmental dam ...
'', such as
''Phytophthora cinnamomi'' dieback
* Those caused by the genus ''
Seiridium
''Seiridium'' is a genus of plant pathogens in the family Sporocadaceae.
The genus '' Lepteutypa'' is teleomorphic (reproducing sexually) and the corresponding anamorphic name, used to describe the asexual form, is ''Seiridium'' (formerly ''Co ...
'', such as ''Seiridium cardinale'' dieback or cypress canker
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Birch dieback
Birch dieback is a disease of birch trees that causes the branches in the Crown (botany), crown to die off. The disease may eventually kill the tree. In an event in the Eastern United States and Canada in the 1930s and 1940s, no causal agent was fo ...
, caused by several pathogens
* Ash dieback, caused by ''
Hymenoscyphus fraxineus
''Hymenoscyphus fraxineus'' is an ascomycete fungus that causes ash dieback, a chronic fungal disease of Fraxinus, ash trees in Europe characterised by leaf loss and crown forest dieback, dieback in infected trees. The fungus was first scientific ...
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Lettuce dieback
This article is a list of diseases of lettuce (''Lactuca sativa'').
Bacterial diseases
Fungal diseases
Miscellaneous diseases and disorders
Nematodes, parasitic
Phytoplasma, Viral and viroid diseases
ReferencesCommon Names of Diseas ...
* Maize/corn
anthracnose top dieback Bacterial diseases
Fungal diseases
Nematodes, Parasitic
Virus and virus-like diseases
References
Common Names of Diseases, The American Phytopathological Society
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Maize diseases, *
Lists of plant diseases, Maize ...
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