Table 8.

The potato crop diseases with their symptoms based on causative agents (Bacteria, Virus, and Fungus).

Disease	Diseased Image	Causative agent	Symptoms	References
Potato Ring Rot		Virus	Brown, necrotic ring-like lesions in the vascular system of the potato plant, leading to wilting and eventual plant death	(Osdaghi et al., 2022)
Potato Blackleg		Bacteria	Wilting, blackening, and rotting of stems, tubers develop and soft rot	(Afonso et al., 2019)
Rhizoctonia Canker		Fungus	Lesions and spots surround the leaf surface	(Wani et al., 2022)
Potato Wart Disease		Fungus	Warty, tumor-like growths on tubers, which can vary in size and color	(Oppenheim et al., 2019)
Potato Late Blight		Oomycete	In damp conditions, reddish lesions develop erratically, unusual white fleecy sporulation beneath leaf	(Nur et al., 2023)
Early Blight		Fungus	Infections with a golden border that develop concentric hoops	(Afzaal et al., 2021)