Flower cultivation at the commercial level has attained immense
significance in the area of crop diversification and contributes a lot to the cultivator's
economy. With the worldwide boom in the floriculture trade, the production of highquality and disease-free flowers has become an important challenge in commercial
floriculture. Various biotic and abiotic factors affect flower production in open fields
and controlled environments. Among the cut flowers, anthurium, carnation, china aster,
chrysanthemum, gerbera, marigold, orchid, rose, etc. are covered in this chapter with
regard to their plant diseases. Anthracnose, black spot, botrytis blight, crown rot, leaf
spot, powdery mildew, mosaic, root-rot, rust, twig blight, stem necrosis, stump rot,
white rust, wilt etc. are important diseases of the above cut flowers that shall be
discussed in detail and suitable management strategies shall also be presented in the
chapter.
Keywords: Anthurium , Carnation, Chrysanthemum, Disease aetiology, Gerbera, Management, Orchid, Rose, Symptoms.
