Bird vectors of plant disease

Several birds are important as agents of dissemination of plant pathogens.

Though comparatively small in number, bird vectors of plant disease may have a great impact. For example, endothia parasitica, the fungus which causes Chestnut Canker, produces sticky spores which adhere to the feet of birds. These birds carry the spores over considerable distances: in fact, they made it impossible to eradicate the fungus after it had been accidentally introduced into the eastern USA from the Orient.

1. Plant disease vectors
2. Birds as vectors of disease

1. Seed-borne diseases
2. Plant diseases
3. Pests and diseases of chestnut
4. Parrot fever

1. Plant vectors of plant disease
2. Insect vectors of plant diseases
3. Dissemination of plant diseases by man

1. Disease