Editing Azalea (section)

==Disease==
{{Main|List of azalea diseases}}

Azalea leafy gall can be particularly destructive to azalea leaves during the early spring. Hand picking infected leaves is the recommended method of control.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Chopra|first1=V. L.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S-g4DwAAQBAJ&q=Azalea+leafy+gall+can+be+particularly+destructive+to+azalea+leaves+during+the+early+spring.+Hand+picking+infected+leaves+is+the+recommended+method+of+control.&pg=PA119|title=Ornamental Plants for Gardening|last2=Singh|first2=Markandey|date=2013-07-01|publisher=Scientific Publishers|isbn=978-93-86237-79-8|language=en}}</ref>

They can also be subject to ''[[Phytophthora]]'' root rot in moist, hot conditions.<ref name=NCSU>{{cite web|last=Benson|first=D.M.|title=Azalea Diseases in the Landscape|url=http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/pp/notes/Ornamental/odin16/odin16.htm|work=Plant pathology extension NCSU|publisher=North Carolina State University|access-date=27 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100716121609/http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/pp/notes/Ornamental/odin16/odin16.htm|archive-date=16 July 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Azaleas share the economically important disease ''[[Phytophthora cinnamomi]]'' with more than 3000 other plants.<ref name="Lamour-2013">{{cite book | last=Lamour | first=Kurt | title=Phytophthora: A Global Perspective | publisher=CABI ([[Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International]]) | series=CABI Plant Protection Series | year=2013 | isbn=978-1-78064-093-8 | pages=xi+244 | number=2}}</ref>{{rp|page=199}}