List of maize diseases
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Bacterial diseases
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| Bacterial leaf blight and stalk rot | Pseudomonas avenae subsp. avenae |
| Bacterial leaf spot | Xanthomonas campestris Xanthomonas campestris Xanthomonas campestris is a bacterial species that causes a variety of plant diseases. Available from the NCPPB,and other international Culture collections such as ICMP, ATCC, and LMG in a purified form, it is used in the commercial production of a high-molecular-weight polysaccharide - xanthan... pv. holcicola |
| Bacterial stalk rot | Enterobacter dissolvens = Erwinia dissolvens |
| Bacterial stalk and top rot | Erwinia carotovora Erwinia carotovora Pectobacterium carotovorum is a bacterium of the family Enterobacteriaceae, which is a plant pathogen with a diverse host range. It causes soft rot and blackleg of potato and vegetables as well as slime flux on many different tree species.... subsp. carotovora Erwinia chrysanthemi pv. zeae |
| Bacterial stripe | Pseudomonas andropogonis |
| Chocolate spot | Pseudomonas syringae Pseudomonas syringae Pseudomonas syringae is a rod shaped, Gram-negative bacterium with polar flagella. It is a plant pathogen which can infect a wide range of plant species, and exists as over 50 different pathovars, all of which are available to legitimate researches via international culture collections such as the... pv. coronafaciens |
| Goss's bacterial wilt and blight (leaf freckles and wilt) | Clavibacter michiganensis Clavibacter michiganensis Clavibacter michiganensis is an aerobic non-sporulating Gram-positive plant pathogenic actinomycete that currently constitutes the only species within the genus Clavibacter. The other former Clavibacter species have been reclassified to genera Leifsonia, Rathayibacter and Curtobacterium... subsp. nebraskensis Corynebacterium michiganense pv. nebraskense |
| Holcus spot | Pseudomonas syringae Pseudomonas syringae Pseudomonas syringae is a rod shaped, Gram-negative bacterium with polar flagella. It is a plant pathogen which can infect a wide range of plant species, and exists as over 50 different pathovars, all of which are available to legitimate researches via international culture collections such as the... pv. syringae van Hall |
| Purple leaf sheath | Hemiparasitic bacteria |
| Seed rot-seedling blight | Bacillus subtilis Bacillus subtilis Bacillus subtilis, known also as the hay bacillus or grass bacillus, is a Gram-positive, catalase-positive bacterium commonly found in soil. A member of the genus Bacillus, B. subtilis is rod-shaped, and has the ability to form a tough, protective endospore, allowing the organism to tolerate... |
| Stewart's disease (bacterial wilt) Stewart's Wilt Stewart's Wilt is a serious bacterial disease of corn caused by the bacterium Pantoea stewartii. This bacterium affects plants, particularly types of maize or corn such as sweet, flint, dent, flower and popcorn. The disease is also known as bacterial wilt or bacterial leaf blight and has shown... |
Erwinia stewartii |
| Corn stunt (achapparramiento, maize stunt, Mesa Central or Rio Grande maize stunt) | Spiroplasma kunkelii |
Fungal diseases
| Fungal diseases |
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| Anthracnose leaf blight Anthracnose stalk rot |
Colletotrichum graminicola Glomerella graminicola Glomerella graminicola is a fungus which causes anthracnose many cereal species including maize and wheat.- Identification :Stromata* 70-300 μm in diameter... Glomerella graminicola Glomerella graminicola Glomerella graminicola is a fungus which causes anthracnose many cereal species including maize and wheat.- Identification :Stromata* 70-300 μm in diameter... [teleomorph] Glomerella tucumanensis Glomerella tucumanensis Glomerella tucumanensis is a plant pathogen.- External links :* * -References:Duttamajumder, S.K. 2008. Red rot of Sugarcane.IISR, Lucknow, 171pp. www.iisr.nic.in... Glomerella falcatum [anamorph] |
| Aspergillus ear and kernel rot | Aspergillus flavus Aspergillus flavus Aspergillus flavus is a fungus. It is a common mold in the environment, and can cause storage problems in stored grains. It can also be a human pathogen, associated with aspergillosis of the lungs and sometimes causing corneal, otomycotic, and nasoorbital infections. Many strains produce... |
| Banded leaf and sheath spot | Rhizoctonia solani Rhizoctonia solani Rhizoctonia solani is a plant pathogenic fungus with a wide host range and worldwide distribution. This plant pathogen was discovered more than 100 years ago. Rhizoctonia solani frequently exists as thread-like growth on plants or in culture. Asexual spores are not produced, only the sexual stage... = Rhizoctonia microsclerotia Thanatephorus cucumeris [teleomorph] |
| Black bundle disease | Acremonium strictum Acremonium strictum Acremonium strictum is a plant, animal, and human pathogen. The genus Acremonium contains around 100 species, most of which are saprophytic, being isolated from dead plant material and soil. Some species cause disease in man and animals, causing mycetoma, onychomycosis, and hyalohyphomycosis... = Cephalosporium acremonium |
| Black kernel rot | Lasiodiplodia theobromae Lasiodiplodia theobromae Lasiodiplodia theobromae is a plant pathogen with a very wide host range. It causes rotting and dieback in most species it infects. On rare occasions it has been found to cause Fungal keratitis. It is a common post harvest fungus disease of citrus known as stem-end rot.- External links :* *... = Botryodiplodia theobromae |
| Borde blanco | Marasmiellus Marasmiellus Marasmiellus is a genus of fungus in the Marasmiaceae family of mushrooms. The widespread genus, circumscribed by American mycologist William Murrill in 1915, contains about 250 species.The name comes from the Greek marasmus meaning wasting.... sp. |
| Brown spot Black spot Stalk rot |
Physoderma maydis |
| Cephalosporium kernel rot | Acremonium strictum Acremonium strictum Acremonium strictum is a plant, animal, and human pathogen. The genus Acremonium contains around 100 species, most of which are saprophytic, being isolated from dead plant material and soil. Some species cause disease in man and animals, causing mycetoma, onychomycosis, and hyalohyphomycosis... = Cephalosporium acremonium |
| Charcoal rot | Macrophomina phaseolina Macrophomina phaseolina Macrophomina phaseolina is a Botryosphaeriaceae fungus that is a plant pathogen that causes charcoal rot on many plant species including Zea mays and Pinus elliottii.- External links :* *... |
| Corticium ear rot | Thanatephorus cucumeris = Corticium sasakii |
| Curvularia leaf spot | Curvularia clavata Curvularia eragrostidis = Curvularia maculans Cochliobolus eragrostidis [teleomorph] Curvularia inaequalis Curvularia intermedia Cochliobolus intermedius [teleomorph] Curvularia lunata Cochliobolus lunatus Cochliobolus lunatus Cochliobolus lunatus is a fungal plant pathogen.- External links :* *... [teleomorph] Curvularia pallescens Cochliobolus pallescens [teleomorph] Curvularia senegalensis Curvularia senegalensis Curvularia senegalensis is a plant pathogen.- External links :* *... Curvularia tuberculata Cochliobolus tuberculatus Cochliobolus tuberculatus Cochliobolus tuberculatus is a plant pathogen.- External links :* *... [teleomorph] |
| Didymella leaf spot | Didymella exitalis |
| Diplodia ear rot and stalk rot | Diplodia frumenti Botryosphaeria festucae [teleomorph] |
| Diplodia ear rot Stalk rot Seed rot Seedling blight |
Diplodia maydis |
| Diplodia leaf spot or leaf streak | Stenocarpella macrospora = Diplodia macrospora |
| Downy mildews | |
| Brown stripe downy mildew | Sclerophthora rayssiae Sclerophthora rayssiae Sclerophthora rayssiae is a plant pathogen.- External links :* *... |
| Crazy top downy mildew | Sclerophthora macrospora Sclerophthora macrospora Sclerophthora macrospora is a plant pathogen.- External links :**... = Sclerospora macrospora |
| Green ear downy mildew Graminicola downy mildew |
Sclerospora graminicola Sclerospora graminicola Sclerospora graminicola is a plant pathogen.- External links :* *... |
| Java downy mildew | Peronosclerospora maydis = Sclerospora maydis |
| Philippine downy mildew | Peronosclerospora philippinensis = Sclerospora philippinensis |
| Sorghum downy mildew | Peronosclerospora sorghi Peronosclerospora sorghi Peronosclerospora sorghi is a plant pathogen.- External links :* *... = Sclerospora sorghi |
| Spontaneum downy mildew | Peronosclerospora spontanea = Sclerospora spontanea |
| Sugarcane downy mildew | Peronosclerospora sacchari Peronosclerospora sacchari Peronosclerospora sacchari is a plant pathogen.- External links :* *... = Sclerospora sacchari |
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| Dry ear rot Cob, kernel and stalk rot |
Nigrospora oryzae Khuskia oryzae Khuskia oryzae Khuskia oryzae is a plant pathogen.- External links :* * *... [teleomorph] |
| Ear rots, minor | Alternaria alternata Alternaria alternata Alternaria alternata has been recorded causing leaf spot and other diseases on over 380 host species. It is opportunistic pathogen on numerous hosts causing leaf spots, rots and blights on many plant parts... = Alternaria tenuis Aspergillus glaucus Aspergillus niger Aspergillus niger Aspergillus niger is a fungus and one of the most common species of the genus Aspergillus. It causes a disease called black mold on certain fruits and vegetables such as grapes, onions, and peanuts, and is a common contaminant of food... Aspergillus Aspergillus Aspergillus is a genus consisting of several hundred mold species found in various climates worldwide. Aspergillus was first catalogued in 1729 by the Italian priest and biologist Pier Antonio Micheli... spp. Botrytis cinerea Botrytis cinerea Botrytis cinerea is a necrotrophic fungus that affects many plant species, although its most notable hosts may be wine grapes. In viticulture, it is commonly known as botrytis bunch rot; in horticulture, it is usually called grey mould or gray mold.The fungus gives rise to two different kinds of... Botryotinia fuckeliana Botryotinia fuckeliana Botryotinia fuckeliana is a plant pathogen, and the causal agent of gray mold disease.The specific epithet was named by mycologist Heinrich Anton de Bary in honor of another mycologist, Karl Wilhelm Gottlieb Leopold Fuckel.... [teleomorph] Cunninghamella Cunninghamella Cunninghamella is a genus of fungus in the Mucorales order, and the family Cunninghamellaceae. Members of this genus are often used in studies investigating the metabolism of drugs, because these species metabolize a wide range of drugs in manners similar to mammalian enzyme systems... sp. Curvularia pallescens Doratomyces stemonitis = Cephalotrichum stemonitis Fusarium culmorum Fusarium culmorum Fusarium culmorum is a plant pathogen and the causal agent of seedling blight, foot rot, ear blight, stalk rot, common root rot and other diseases of cereals, grasses, and a wide variety of monocots and dicots. In coastal dunegrass , F. culmorum is a non-pathogenic symbiont conferring both salt... Gonatobotrys simplex Pithomyces maydicus Rhizopus microsporus Rhizopus stolonifer = Rhizopus nigricans Rhizopus nigricans Rhizopus nigricans is a fungus commonly known as bread mold and is the most common species of Rhizopus. It is found on old food and in soils and even in children's sandboxes. The genus contains some 50 species and bread mold is sometimes confused with species of Mucor or other species of Rhizopus... Scopulariopsis brumptii |
| Ergot Horse's tooth |
Claviceps gigantea Sphacelia sp. [anamorph] |
| Eyespot | Aureobasidium zeae = Kabatiella zeae |
| Fusarium ear and stalk rot | Fusarium subglutinans Fusarium subglutinans Fusarium subglutinans is a fungal plant pathogen.-Taxonomy:Fusarium subglutinans is the anamorph of Gibberella fujikuroi.Fusarium strains in the Gibberella fujikuroi species complex cause diseases in a number of economically important plants. DNA sequencing data reveals the presence of two major... = Fusarium moniliforme |
| Fusarium kernel, root and stalk rot, seed rot and seedling blight | Fusarium moniliforme Gibberella fujikuroi Gibberella fujikuroi Gibberella fujikuroi is a fungal plant pathogen. It causes bakanae disease in rice seedlings, by overloading them with the phytohormone gibberellin as its own metabolic byproduct.- External links :* * *... [teleomorph] |
| Fusarium stalk rot Seedling root rot |
Fusarium avenaceum Gibberella avenacea Gibberella avenacea Gibberella avenacea is a plant pathogen.- External links :* *... [teleomorph] |
| Gibberella ear and stalk rot | Gibberella zeae Gibberella zeae Gibberella zeae, also known by the name of its anamorph Fusarium graminearum, is a plant pathogen which causes the wheat headblight disease. Fusarium head blight is a devastating disease on wheat and barley. The pathogen is responsible for billions of dollars in economic losses worldwide each year... Fusarium graminearum [anamorph] |
| Gray ear rot | Botryosphaeria zeae = Physalospora zeae Macrophoma zeae [anamorph] |
| Gray leaf spot Cercospora leaf spot |
Cercospora sorghi Cercospora sorghi Cercospora sorghi is a fungal plant pathogen.- External links :*... = Cercospora sorghi Cercospora sorghi Cercospora sorghi is a fungal plant pathogen.- External links :*... Cercospora zeae-maydis |
| Helminthosporium root rot | Exserohilum pedicellatum = Helminthosporium pedicellatum Setosphaeria pedicellata [teleomorph] |
| Hormodendrum ear rot Cladosporium rot |
Cladosporium cladosporioides Cladosporium cladosporioides Cladosporium cladosporioides is a fungal plant pathogen that affects wheat. It is the source of the series of chemical compounds known as calphostins.- External links :* *... = Hormodendrum cladosporioides Cladosporium herbarum Cladosporium herbarum Cladosporium herbarum is a fungal plant pathogen. Its hosts include Bryum, Buxbaumia, Gyroweissia, Tortula, and Dicranella.- External links :**... Mycosphaerella tassiana [teleomorph] |
| Hyalothyridium leaf spot | Hyalothyridium maydis |
| Late wilt | Cephalosporium maydis |
| Leaf spots, minor | Alternaria alternata Alternaria alternata Alternaria alternata has been recorded causing leaf spot and other diseases on over 380 host species. It is opportunistic pathogen on numerous hosts causing leaf spots, rots and blights on many plant parts... Ascochyta maydis Ascochyta tritici Ascochyta tritici Ascochyta tritici is a fungal plant pathogen that causes Ascochyta leaf spot on barley, wheat and maize.- External links :* *... Ascochyta zeicola Bipolaris victoriae = Helminthosporium victoriae Cochliobolus victoriae Cochliobolus victoriae Cochliobolus victoriae is a fungal plant pathogen. It caused the disease called "victoria blight" affecting oats and similar grains.- External links :* *... [teleomorph] Cochliobolus sativus Cochliobolus sativus The fungus Cochliobolus sativus is the teleomorph of Bipolaris sorokiniana which is the causal agent of a wide variety of cereal diseases. The pathogen can infect and cause disease on the root , leaf and stem, and head tissue... Bipolaris sorokiniana [anamorph] = Helminthosporium sorokinianum = H. sativum Epicoccum nigrum Epicoccum nigrum Epicoccum nigrum is a species of fungus. A plant pathogen, it is widespread fungus which produces colored pigments that can be used as antifungal agents against other pathogenic fungi.... Exserohilum prolatum = Drechslera prolata Setosphaeria prolata [teleomorph] Graphium penicillioides Leptosphaeria maydis Leptothyrium zeae Ophiosphaerella herpotricha Scolecosporiella sp. [anamorph] Paraphaeosphaeria michotii Phoma Phoma Phoma is a genus of common coelomycetous soil fungi. It contains many plant pathogenic species. About 140 Phoma taxa have been defined and recognized which may be divided into two large groups: plurivorous fungi, generally saprobic or weakly parasitic, mainly from temperate regions in Eurasia, but... sp. Septoria zeae Septoria zeicola Septoria zeina |
| Northern corn leaf blight White blast Crown stalk rot Stripe |
Setosphaeria turcica Setosphaeria turcica Setosphaeria turcica is the causal agent of Northern Leaf Blight in corn. It is a serious fungal disease prevalent in cooler climates and tropical highlands wherever corn is grown... Exserohilum turcicum [anamorph] = Helminthosporium turcicum |
| Northern corn leaf spot Helminthosporium ear rot (race 1) |
Cochliobolus carbonum Cochliobolus carbonum Cochliobolus carbonum is a fungal plant pathogen.- External links :* *... Bipolaris zeicola [anamorph] = Helminthosporium carbonum |
| Penicillium ear rot Blue eye Blue mold |
Penicillium Penicillium Penicillium is a genus of ascomycetous fungi of major importance in the natural environment as well as food and drug production. Members of the genus produce penicillin, a molecule that is used as an antibiotic, which kills or stops the growth of certain kinds of bacteria inside the body... spp. Penicillium chrysogenum Penicillium chrysogenum Penicillium chrysogenum is common in temperate and subtropical regions and can be found on salted food products, but it is mostly found in indoor environments, especially in damp or waterdamaged buildings. It was previously known as Penicillium notatum. It has rarely been reported as a cause of... Penicillium expansum Penicillium expansum Penicillium expansum is a plant pathogen. It is a blue-colored mold responsible for the postharvest decay of stored apples. This mold also produces the carcinogenic metabolite patulin.- External links :* *... Penicillium oxalicum |
| Phaeocytostroma stalk rot and root rot | Phaeocytostroma ambiguum = Phaeocytosporella zeae |
| Phaeosphaeria leaf spot | Phaeosphaeria maydis = Sphaerulina maydis |
| Physalospora ear rot Botryosphaeria ear rot |
Botryosphaeria festucae = Physalospora zeicola Diplodia frumenti [anamorph] |
| Purple leaf sheath | Hemiparasitic bacteria and fungi |
| Pyrenochaeta stalk rot and root rot | Phoma terrestris = Pyrenochaeta terrestris Pyrenochaeta terrestris Pyrenochaeta terrestris is a fungal plant pathogen.- External links :* *... |
| Pythium root rot | Pythium Pythium Pythium is a genus of parasitic oomycete. Most species are plant parasites, but Pythium insidiosum is an important pathogen of animals... spp. Pythium arrhenomanes Pythium arrhenomanes Pythium arrhenomanes is a plant pathogen.- External links :* *... Pythium graminicola Pythium graminicola Pythium graminicola is a plant pathogen.- External links :**... |
| Pythium stalk rot | Pythium aphanidermatum Pythium aphanidermatum Pythium aphanidermatum is a plant pathogen.- External links :**... = Pythium butleri |
| Red kernel disease Ear mold, leaf and seed rot |
Epicoccum nigrum Epicoccum nigrum Epicoccum nigrum is a species of fungus. A plant pathogen, it is widespread fungus which produces colored pigments that can be used as antifungal agents against other pathogenic fungi.... |
| Rhizoctonia ear rot Sclerotial rot |
Rhizoctonia zeae Waitea circinata Waitea circinata Waitea circinata is a species of fungus in the family Corticiaceae. Basidiocarps are thin, effused, and web-like, but the fungus is more frequently encountered in its similar but sterile anamorphic state, sometimes called Rhizoctonia zeae... [teleomorph] |
| Rhizoctonia root rot and stalk rot | Rhizoctonia solani Rhizoctonia solani Rhizoctonia solani is a plant pathogenic fungus with a wide host range and worldwide distribution. This plant pathogen was discovered more than 100 years ago. Rhizoctonia solani frequently exists as thread-like growth on plants or in culture. Asexual spores are not produced, only the sexual stage... Rhizoctonia zeae |
| Root rots, minor | Alternaria alternata Alternaria alternata Alternaria alternata has been recorded causing leaf spot and other diseases on over 380 host species. It is opportunistic pathogen on numerous hosts causing leaf spots, rots and blights on many plant parts... Cercospora sorghi Cercospora sorghi Cercospora sorghi is a fungal plant pathogen.- External links :*... Dictochaeta fertilis Fusarium acuminatum Gibberella acuminata Gibberella acuminata Gibberella acuminata is a plant pathogen.- External links :* *... [teleomorph] Fusarium equiseti Gibberella intricans Gibberella intricans Gibberella intricans is a plant pathogen.- External links :* *... [teleomorph] Fusarium oxysporum Fusarium oxysporum Fusarium oxysporum Schlecht. as emended by Snyder and Hansen comprises all the species, varieties and forms recognized by Wollenweber and Reinking within an infrageneric grouping called section Elegans... Fusarium pallidoroseum Fusarium pallidoroseum Fusarium pallidoroseum is a fungal plant pathogen.- External links :* *... Fusarium poae Fusarium roseum Gibberella cyanogena Fusarium sulphureum Fusarium sulphureum Fusarium sulphureum is a fungal plant pathogen.- External links :* *... [anamorph] Microdochium bolleyi Microdochium bolleyi Microdochium bolleyi is a fungal plant pathogen that causes root rot in flax and wheat.- External links :* *... Mucor Mucor Mucor is a microbial genus of about 3000 species of moulds commonly found in soil, digestive systems, plant surfaces, and rotten vegetable matter.-Description:... sp. Periconia circinata Periconia circinata Periconia circinata is an ascomycete fungus that is a plant pathogen.- External links :* *... Phytophthora cactorum Phytophthora cactorum Phytophthora cactorum is a plant pathogen that causes root rot on rhododendron and many other species.- External links :* *... Phytophthora drechsleri Phytophthora drechsleri Phytophthora drechsleri is a plant pathogen.- External links :**... Phytophthora nicotianae Phytophthora nicotianae Phytophthora nicotianae is a plant pathogen. It can be found in the root of Zamioculcas zamiifolia.- External links :* *... Rhizopus arrhizus Rhizopus arrhizus Rhizopus arrhizus is a fungus of the family Mucoraceae, characterized by sporangiophores that arise from nodes at the point where the rhizoids are formed and by a hemispherical columella... |
| Rostratum leaf spot Helminthosporium leaf disease, ear and stalk rot |
Setosphaeria rostrata Setosphaeria rostrata Setosphaeria rostrata is a plant pathogen.- External links :* *... = Helminthosporium rostratum |
| Rust, common corn | Puccinia sorghi |
| Rust, southern corn | Puccinia polysora |
| Rust, tropical corn | Physopella pallescens Physopella zeae = Angiopsora zeae |
| Sclerotium ear rot Southern blight |
Sclerotium rolfsii Athelia rolfsii Athelia rolfsii Athelia rolfsii is a corticioid fungus in the family Atheliaceae. It is a facultative plant pathogen and is the causal agent of "southern blight" disease in crops.-Taxonomy:... [teleomorph] |
| Seed rot-seedling blight | Bipolaris sorokiniana Bipolaris zeicola = Helminthosporium carbonum Diplodia maydis Exserohilum pedicillatum Exserohilum turcicum = Helminthosporium turcicum Fusarium avenaceum Fusarium culmorum Fusarium culmorum Fusarium culmorum is a plant pathogen and the causal agent of seedling blight, foot rot, ear blight, stalk rot, common root rot and other diseases of cereals, grasses, and a wide variety of monocots and dicots. In coastal dunegrass , F. culmorum is a non-pathogenic symbiont conferring both salt... Fusarium moniliforme Gibberella zeae Gibberella zeae Gibberella zeae, also known by the name of its anamorph Fusarium graminearum, is a plant pathogen which causes the wheat headblight disease. Fusarium head blight is a devastating disease on wheat and barley. The pathogen is responsible for billions of dollars in economic losses worldwide each year... Fusarium graminearum [anamorph] Macrophomina phaseolina Macrophomina phaseolina Macrophomina phaseolina is a Botryosphaeriaceae fungus that is a plant pathogen that causes charcoal rot on many plant species including Zea mays and Pinus elliottii.- External links :* *... Penicillium Penicillium Penicillium is a genus of ascomycetous fungi of major importance in the natural environment as well as food and drug production. Members of the genus produce penicillin, a molecule that is used as an antibiotic, which kills or stops the growth of certain kinds of bacteria inside the body... spp. Phomopsis Phomopsis Phomopsis is a genus of ascomyceta fungi.-Species:Species include:* Phomopsis arnoldiae* Phomopsis asparagi* Phomopsis asparagicola* Phomopsis cannabina* Phomopsis caricae-papayae* Phomopsis coffeae* Phomopsis elaeagni... spp. Pythium Pythium Pythium is a genus of parasitic oomycete. Most species are plant parasites, but Pythium insidiosum is an important pathogen of animals... spp. Rhizoctonia solani Rhizoctonia solani Rhizoctonia solani is a plant pathogenic fungus with a wide host range and worldwide distribution. This plant pathogen was discovered more than 100 years ago. Rhizoctonia solani frequently exists as thread-like growth on plants or in culture. Asexual spores are not produced, only the sexual stage... Rhizoctonia zeae Sclerotium rolfsii Spicaria spp. |
| Selenophoma leaf spot | Selenophoma sp. |
| Sheath rot | Gaeumannomyces graminis |
| Shuck rot | Myrothecium gramineum |
| Silage mold | Monascus purpureus Monascus purpureus Monascus purpureus is a species of mold that is purplish-red in color... Monascus ruber |
| Smut, common Corn smut Corn smut is a pathogenic plant fungus that causes smut disease on maize and teosinte... |
Ustilago zeae = Ustilago maydis |
| Smut, false | Ustilaginoidea virens Ustilaginoidea virens Ustilaginoidea virens, perfect sexual stage Villosiclava virens, is a plant pathogen which causes the disease False Smut of rice which reduces both grain yield and grain quality. The disease occurs in more than 40 countries, especially in the rice producing countries of Asia. but also in the U.S.... |
| Smut, head | Sphacelotheca reiliana Sphacelotheca reiliana Sphacelotheca reiliana is a plant pathogen.- External links :* *... = Sporisorium holci-sorghi |
| Southern corn leaf blight and stalk rot | Cochliobolus heterostrophus Cochliobolus heterostrophus Cochliobolus heterostrophus is a fungal plant pathogen. It can cause Southern Corn Leaf Blight in Maize.Cochliobolus heterstrophus is found in many tropical regions and in the southern part of the US. Cochliobolus, although not currently the most economically serious disease, can be a very... Bipolaris maydis [anamorph] = Helminthosporium maydis |
| Southern leaf spot | Stenocarpella macrospora = Diplodia macrospora |
| Stalk rots, minor | Cercospora sorghi Cercospora sorghi Cercospora sorghi is a fungal plant pathogen.- External links :*... Fusarium episphaeria Fusarium merismoides Fusarium merismoides Fusarium merismoides is a fungal plant pathogen.- External links :* *... Fusarium oxysporum Fusarium oxysporum Fusarium oxysporum Schlecht. as emended by Snyder and Hansen comprises all the species, varieties and forms recognized by Wollenweber and Reinking within an infrageneric grouping called section Elegans... Fusarium poae Fusarium roseum Fusarium solani Nectria haematococca [teleomorph] Fusarium tricinctum Mariannaea elegans Mucor Mucor Mucor is a microbial genus of about 3000 species of moulds commonly found in soil, digestive systems, plant surfaces, and rotten vegetable matter.-Description:... spp. Rhopographus zeae Spicaria spp. |
| Storage rots | Aspergillus Aspergillus Aspergillus is a genus consisting of several hundred mold species found in various climates worldwide. Aspergillus was first catalogued in 1729 by the Italian priest and biologist Pier Antonio Micheli... spp. Penicillium Penicillium Penicillium is a genus of ascomycetous fungi of major importance in the natural environment as well as food and drug production. Members of the genus produce penicillin, a molecule that is used as an antibiotic, which kills or stops the growth of certain kinds of bacteria inside the body... spp. and other fungi |
| Tar spot | Phyllachora maydis |
| Trichoderma ear rot and root rot | Trichoderma viride Trichoderma viride Trichoderma viride is a fungus and a biofungicide.It is used for seed and soil treatment for suppression of various diseases caused by fungal pathogens. It is also a pathogen in its own right, causing green mould rot of onion.-Biology:... = Trichoderma lignorum Hypocrea Hypocrea Hypocrea is a genus of fungi in the Hypocreaceae family. The widespread genus is estimated to contain 171 species that grow on rotten wood, and are often associated with other fungi. Anamorphic genera associated with Hypocrea include Acremonium, Gliocladium, Trichoderma, and Verticillium... sp. [teleomorph] |
| White ear rot, root and stalk rot | Stenocarpella maydis = Diplodia zeae |
| Yellow leaf blight | Ascochyta ischaemi Phyllosticta maydis Mycosphaerella zeae-maydis [teleomorph] |
| Zonate leaf spot | Gloeocercospora sorghi Gloeocercospora sorghi Gloeocercospora sorghi is a plant pathogen and causal agent of zonate leaf spot also known as copper spot on Sorghum bicolor . It is used as a bioherbicide.- External links :* *... |
Nematodes, parasitic
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| Awl | Dolichodorus spp. D. heterocephalus |
| Bulb and stem | Ditylenchus dipsaci |
| Burrowing | Radopholus similis Radopholus similis Burrowing nematode or Banana-root nematode is an important parasite of fruit, vegetable, and other crops. It is an especially important pest of bananas and citrus, but it will also attack coconut, avocado, coffee, sugarcane, and assorted other types of grasses and ornamentals. It is a migratory... |
| Cyst | Heterodera avenae H. zeae Punctodera chalcoensis |
| Dagger | Xiphinema Xiphinema Xiphinema is a genus of plant-parasitic roundworms.- List of species :* Xiphinema abrantinum Roca & Pereira, 1991.* Xiphinema aceri Chizhov & al., 1986.* Xiphinema aequum Roca & Lamberti, 1988.... spp. X. americanum X. mediterraneum |
| False root-knot | Nacobbus dorsalis |
| Lance, Columbia | Hoplolaimus columbus |
| Lance | Hoplolaimus spp. H. galeatus |
| Lesion | Pratylenchus spp. P. brachyurus P. crenatus P. hexincisus P. neglectus P. penetrans P. scribneri P. thornei P. zeae |
| Needle | Longidorus spp. L. breviannulatus |
| Ring | Criconemella spp. C. ornata |
| Root-knot | Meloidogyne spp. M. chitwoodi M. incognita Meloidogyne incognita The Meloidogyne incognita is a nematode, a type of roundworm, in the family Heteroderidae. It is an important plant parasite classified in parasitology as a root-knot nematode, as it prefers to attack the root of its host plant.... M. javanica |
| Spiral | Helicotylenchus spp. |
| Sting | Belonolaimus spp. B. longicaudatus Belonolaimus longicaudatus Belonolaimus longicaudatus is a common parasite of grasses and other plant crops and products. It is the most destructive nematode pest of turf grass, and it also attacks a wide range of fruit, vegetable, and fiber crops such as citrus, cotton, ornamentals, and forage. The sting nematode is a... |
| Stubby-root | Paratrichodorus spp. P. christiei P. minor Quinisulcius acutus Trichodorus spp. |
| Stunt | Tylenchorhynchus dubius |
Virus and virus-like diseases
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| American wheat striate (wheat striate mosaic) | American wheat striate mosaic virus mosaic (AWSMV) |
| Barley stripe mosaic | Barley stripe mosaic virus Barley stripe mosaic virus Barley stripe mosaic virus is a plant pathogenic virus that primarily infects barley in Canada.- Symptoms :Mottling with yellowish spots or stripes may occur, along with stunted growth and late maturation.... (BSMV) |
| Barley yellow dwarf | Barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV) |
| Brome mosaic Brome mosaic virus Brome mosaic virus is a small , positive-stranded, icosahedral RNA plant virus belonging to the family Bromoviridae of the alphavirus-like superfamily.... |
Brome mosaic virus (BMV) Brome mosaic virus Brome mosaic virus is a small , positive-stranded, icosahedral RNA plant virus belonging to the family Bromoviridae of the alphavirus-like superfamily.... |
| Cereal chlorotic mottle | Cereal chlorotic mottle virus Cereal chlorotic mottle virus Cereal chlorotic mottle virus is a plant pathogenic virus of the family Rhabdoviridae.-External links:**... (CCMV) |
| Corn lethal necrosis | Virus complex (Maize chlorotic mottle virus Maize chlorotic mottle virus Maize chlorotic mottle virus is a plant pathogenic virus.Maize chlorotic mottle virus is the type species of the genus Machlomovirus... [MCMV] and Maize dwarf mosaic virus Maize dwarf mosaic virus Maize dwarf mosaic virus is a plant pathogenic virus of the family Potyviridae.-External links:**... [MDMV] A or B or Wheat streak mosaic virus Wheat streak mosaic virus Wheat streak mosaic virus is a plant pathogenic virus of the family Potyviridae.-External links:**... [WSMV]) |
| Cucumber mosaic | Cucumber mosaic virus Cucumber mosaic virus Cucumber mosaic virus is a plant pathogenic virus in the family Bromoviridae.It is the type member of the plant virus genus, Cucumovirus. This virus has a worldwide distribution and a very wide host range. In fact it has the reputation of having the widest host range of any known plant virus... (CMV) |
| Johnsongrass mosaic | Johnsongrass mosaic virus Johnsongrass mosaic virus Johnsongrass mosaic virus is a plant pathogenic virus of the family Potyviridae. It is a known pathogen of the major grain crop maize.-External links:**... (JGMV) |
| Maize bushy stunt | Mycoplasmalike organism (MLO), assoc. |
| Maize chlorotic dwarf | Maize chlorotic dwarf virus Maize chlorotic dwarf virus Maize chlorotic dwarf virus is a plant pathogenic virus of the family Sequiviridae.-External links:**... (MCDV) |
| Maize chlorotic mottle | Maize chlorotic mottle virus Maize chlorotic mottle virus Maize chlorotic mottle virus is a plant pathogenic virus.Maize chlorotic mottle virus is the type species of the genus Machlomovirus... (MCMV) |
| Maize dwarf mosaic | Maize dwarf mosaic virus Maize dwarf mosaic virus Maize dwarf mosaic virus is a plant pathogenic virus of the family Potyviridae.-External links:**... (MDMV) strains A, D, E and F |
| Maize leaf fleck | Maize leaf fleck virus (MLFV) |
| Maize line* | Maize line virus Maize line virus Maize line virus is a pathogenic plant virus.-External links:**... (MLV) |
| Maize mosaic (corn leaf stripe, enanismo rayado) | Maize mosaic virus Maize mosaic virus Maize mosaic virus is a plant pathogenic virus of the family Rhabdoviridae.-External links:**... (MMV) |
| Maize pellucid ringspot | Maize pellucid ringspot virus (MPRV) |
| Maize rayado fino (fine striping disease) | Maize rayado fino virus (MRFV) |
| Maize red leaf and red stripe | Mollicute? |
| Maize red stripe | Maize red stripe virus (MRSV) |
| Maize ring mottle | Maize ring mottle virus (MRMV) |
| Maize rough dwarf (nanismo ruvido) | Maize rough dwarf virus Maize rough dwarf virus Maize rough dwarf virus is a plant pathogenic virus of the family Reoviridae.-External links:**... (MRDV) |
| Maize sterile stunt | Maize sterile stunt virus (strains of barley yellow striate virus) |
| Maize streak | Maize streak virus Maize streak virus Maize streak virus is an insect-transmitted maize pathogen in the genus Mastrevirus of the family Geminiviridae that is endemic in sub-Saharan Africa. The A-strain of MSV causes sporadic maize streak disease epidemics throughout the maize growing regions of Africa... (MSV) |
| Maize stripe (maize chlorotic stripe, maize hoja blanca) | Maize stripe virus Maize stripe virus Maize stripe virus is a pathogenic plant virus.-External links:**... |
| Maize tassel abortion | Maize tassel abortion virus (MTAV) |
| Maize vein enation | Maize vein enation virus (MVEV) |
| Maize wallaby ear | Maize wallaby ear virus (MWEV) |
| Maize white leaf | Maize white leaf virus |
| Maize white line mosaic | Maize white line mosaic virus Maize white line mosaic virus Maize white line mosaic virus is a pathogenic plant virus.-External links:**... (MWLMV) |
| Millet red leaf | Millet red leaf virus Millet red leaf virus Millet red leaf virus is a plant pathogenic virus of the family Luteoviridae.-External links:**... (MRLV) |
| Northern cereal mosaic | Northern cereal mosaic virus Northern cereal mosaic virus Northern cereal mosaic virus is a plant pathogenic virus of the family Rhabdoviridae.-External links:**... (NCMV) |
| Oat pseudorosette (zakuklivanie) | Oat pseudorosette virus Oat pseudorosette virus Oat pseudorosette virus is a pathogenic plant virus.-External links:**... |
| Oat sterile dwarf | Oat sterile dwarf virus Oat sterile dwarf virus Oat sterile dwarf virus is a plant pathogenic virus of the family Reoviridae.-External links:**... (OSDV) |
| Rice black-streaked dwarf | Rice black-streaked dwarf virus Rice black-streaked dwarf virus Rice black-streaked dwarf virus is a plant pathogenic virus of the family Reoviridae.-External links:**... (RBSDV) |
| Rice stripe | Rice stripe virus Rice stripe virus Rice stripe virus is a plant pathogenic virus of the genus Tenuivirus.-External links:**... (RSV) |
| Sorghum mosaic | Sorghum mosaic virus Sorghum mosaic virus Sorghum mosaic virus is a plant pathogenic virus of the family Potyviridae.-External links:**... (SrMV), formerly sugarcane mosaic virus Sugarcane mosaic virus Sugarcane mosaic virus is a plant pathogenic virus of the family Potyviridae.-External links:**... (SCMV) strains H, I and M |
| Sugarcane Fiji disease | Sugarcane Fiji disease virus (FDV) |
| Sugarcane mosaic | Sugarcane mosaic virus Sugarcane mosaic virus Sugarcane mosaic virus is a plant pathogenic virus of the family Potyviridae.-External links:**... (SCMV) strains A, B, D, E, SC, BC, Sabi and MB (formerly MDMV-B) |