Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Biscutella laevigata

organ parasitic mode stage note taxonomic group parasite
leaf leaf spot Capnodiales Ramularia biscutellae
leaf vagrant Pentatomidae Eurydema fieberi
leaf vagrant Pentatomidae Eurydema rotundicollis
fruit vagrant Pieridae Anthocharis cardamines
fruit vagrant Pieridae Anthocharis euphenoides
fruit vagrant Pieridae Euchloe crameri
fruit vagrant Pieridae Euchloe simplonia
leaf vagrant Pieridae Pieris bryoniae
root vagrant Chrysomelidae Phyllotreta atra
unknown unknown Curculionidae Aulacobaris kaufmanni
flower hidden Thripidae Thrips flavus
unknown unknown Chrysomelidae Psylliodes kiesenwetteri
stem borer Chrysomelidae Psylliodes brisouti
leaf miner Chrysomelidae Psylliodes toelgi
root vagrant Chrysomelidae Phyllotreta austriaca
unknown borer larva doubtful Curculionidae Ceutorhynchus franzi
leaf down Erysiphales Erysiphe cruciferarum
leaf down Peronosporales Hyaloperonospora parasitica
leaf miner Curculionidae Ceutorhynchus minutus
leaf pustule Albuginales Albiginaceae Albugo candida
leaf pustule aecia Pucciniales Puccinia isiacae
leaf pustule telia doubtful Pucciniales Puccinia biscutellae
root collar gall Plasmodiophorales Plasmodiophora brassicae

Organ

the part of the plant that most conspicuously is hit by the parasite

all buds: both flower buds and leaf buds
flower: also inflorescence
leaf: also needle, phyllodium, petiole
leaf bud: also unfolding young leaf
fruit: also seed
root: also root stock, runners
root collar: also the lowest part of the stem
stem: also culm, the lower part of the peduncle, in grasses also leaf sheath
systemic: the entire above-ground plant.

PARASITIC MODE

borer: larva living internally, almost no outwards signs
down: 0.5-2 mm high fungal down
film: very thin cover of fungal tussue
gall: swelling and/or malformation
grazer: feeding at the outside of the plant
leaf spot: discoloured, often ± necrotic, generally not galled, sign of a fungus infection
miner-borer: larve initially makes a mine, lives as a borer later
pustule: plug of fungal tissue, generally brown-black and < 2 mm
stripe: longitudinal line of fungal tissue in a grass leaf
vagrant: (aphids, mites) living freely on the plant, at higher densitiy causing malformations.

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IMPORTANT

The host plant spectre of a parasite is rarely known exhaustively; this applies in particular at the species level. It is advisable therefore to check at least also the list of all parasites of this genus.

 

Last modified 16.vii.2022