| LEAFCURL | Peach - - -, fungal disease affecting plants of the prunus genus (4,4) |
| SMUT | A fungus disease affecting plants, especially cereals, turning them into blackish powder (4) |
| CHERRY | Enjoy colourful spring displays of ___ blossom, courtesy of the prunus genus (6) |
| PLUM | Fruit of the prunus genus - a prune when dried (4) |
| OAKWILT | Fungal disease affecting trees of the Quercus genus |
| SHINGLES | Acute viral disease affecting the ganglia of certain nerves (8) |
| SLOE | The fruit of the Prunus spinosa, or blackthorn plant (4) |
| CHERRYPICKS | Chooses only the best of the Prunus harvest? (6,5) |
| BERIBERI | Asian disease affecting the nerves and limbs (8) |
| EPIDEMIC | Disease affecting many in a population at the same time (8) |
| PANDEMIC | (Of a disease) affecting a wide area |
| ALMOND | Ellipsoid nut of the Prunus amygdalus tree (6) |
| RUST | Fungal disease affecting many plants, usually seen as orange spots or rings appearing on stems and leaves (4) |
| BLAST | Fungal disease affecting buds, spread by leaf hoppers - bother! (5) |
| SCAB | Fungal disease affecting apples and pears (4) |
| STAGGERS | Disease affecting farmyard animals is astonishing |
| NEURITIS | Nerve disease affecting new writers, it's said (8) |
| SAPROT | Fungal disease affecting pine trees |
| DUTCHELM | ___ ___ disease affecting trees (5,3) |
| GLAUCOMA | Disease affecting vision (8) |
