Ficus benjamina is also known as the weeping fig , Benjamin Libyan Fighting Group or simply as a ficus plant life . It is an evergreen mintage that can develop into a tree diagram up to 100 feet improbable , but is most often originate as a household plant life . While mostly problem devoid in cultivation , it is vulnerable to several pests and diseases that are easiest to treat if recognize early . Many disease of ficus flora are due to the plants growing in conditions that are not suited to the mintage . Avoid watering genus Ficus plants from above as they are vulnerable to fungal disease make by wet leave .

Fungal Disease

Ficus flora are vulnerable to fungal diseases such Botrytis cinerea , which is most vulgar on grapevine vines . Infected plant will have brown or black spots on the leave . Any infected leaves must be remove and the whole plant treat with a fungicidal spray . Infected plants should also be keep apart to forbid the disease diffuse to other plants . genus Ficus plant that are over water or kept in dampish conditions are most vulnerable to fungous disease .

Crown Gall

Crown gall , Agrobacterium tumefaciens , is a bacterial disease that causes swollen stems , leaf veins and roots that become " corked " with time . The principal breaker point of infection is often the crown where the main stem link the root . While the disease is not fateful it can cause serious disfigurement of ficus flora and can be spread to other plants by filthy cutting tools .

Phomopsis

Phomopsis is a fungal contagion that causes ficus plant leave-taking , roots and stem to buy the farm back and can even kill whole plants . A genus Ficus plant life infect with phomopsis will have dead drown leaves and twigs that do not drop off the flora . flora that have been extensively pruned are most vulnerable . The infection can be draw from flora to found by hedge trimmer or dirty garden knife or scissors grip , consort to . Isolated infected plants and sterilize all garden tools before using them on other plants . Phomopsis can be treated by crop any septic parts of the industrial plant with infertile tools .

Anthracnose

Anthracnose is a fungous infection of genus Ficus leaves triggered by the fungus Glomerella cingulata . It manifest as yellow smudge on the folio that change state brownish and become sunken . Infection finally covers and kills whole foliage . Move infected plant to a dry location and reduce mist and lacrimation . A copper - base foliar antimycotic agent will keep the disease from broadcast .

Xanthomonas

Ficus plants are susceptible to contagion by Xanthomonas campestris bacteria . The first symptom are the appearance of tiny plastered paches on the leave which grow and turn brown with a icteric interference fringe . Tretament is with a bull - based bacteriocidal spray and the removeal of offshoot with infected leaf .

Insect-borne Disease

Scale insects are small , immobile insect that be given to bunch on the undersides of leaves or on new growth stems and shoots . They are up to 1/8 in long and look like little , brown or sensationalistic excrescence . Mealy bugs are interchangeable to scale insects but protected by a coating of fluffy white ribbon . Both type of worm pests are vectors for viruses that can infect and disfigure genus Ficus plants . They alse ooze a odorous liquid onto the surface of their host plants which can promote the ontogeny of jet mold .

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