List of flax diseases

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This article is a list of diseases of flax (Linum usitatissimum and other Linum spp.).

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[edit] Fungal diseases

Fungal diseases
Anthracnose Colletotrichum lini
Basal stem blight Phoma spp.

P. exigua var. linicola

Brown stem blight Alternaria linicola
Browning (and) stem break Aureobasidium lini

Guignardia fulvida [teleomorph]

Damping-off, root rot, and seedling blight Alternaria spp.

Colletotrichum lini
Fusarium spp.
Pythium spp.
Rhizoctonia solani
Thanatephorus cucumeris [telomorph]
Thielaviopsis basicola
Chalara elegans [synanamorph]

Dieback Selenophoma linicola
Pasmo Septoria linicola

Mycosphaerella linicola [teleomorph]

Rust Melampsora lini
Stem mold & rot Sclerotinia sclerotiorum
Wilt Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lini

[edit] Virus and mycoplasmalike organism (MLO) diseases

Virus and mycoplasmalike organism (MLO) diseases
Aster yellows MLO
Crinkle Oat blue dwarf virus

[edit] Miscellaneous diseases or disorders

Extreme high or low temperatures cause cankers at soil level

Miscellaneous diseases or disorders
Boll blight Extreme high temperatures
Chlorosis Alkaline and very wet soils; mineral deficiencies; herbicide damage
Stem twisting and bending Herbicide damage and soil and temperature conditions

[edit] References