List of flax diseases
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This article is a list of diseases of flax
(Linum usitatissimum and other Linum spp.).
Flax
Flax is a member of the genus Linum in the family Linaceae. It is native to the region extending from the eastern Mediterranean to India and was probably first domesticated in the Fertile Crescent...
(Linum usitatissimum and other Linum spp.).
Fungal diseases
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| Anthracnose | Colletotrichum lini Colletotrichum lini Colletotrichum lini is a plant pathogen.- External links :* *... |
| Basal stem blight | 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... spp. Phoma exigua var. linicola Phoma exigua var. linicola Phoma exigua var. linicola is a fungal plant pathogen that affects flax.The disease is passed on in the seed. The effects are more pronounced after the plant has flowered. Brown discolorations can be seen with small black dots, the pycnidia, where the spores are formed. The disease severely impacts... |
| Brown stem blight | Alternaria linicola Alternaria linicola Alternaria linicola is a plant pathogen.- External links :* *... |
| Browning (and) stem break | Aureobasidium lini Guignardia fulvida Guignardia fulvida Guignardia fulvida is a fungus that is a plant pathogen in the family Botryosphaeriaceae.- External links :* *... [teleomorph] |
| Damping-off, root rot, and seedling blight | Alternaria Alternaria Alternaria is a genus of ascomycete fungi. Alternaria species are known as major plant pathogens. They are also common allergens in humans, growing indoors and causing hay fever or hypersensitivity reactions that sometimes lead to asthma... spp. Colletotrichum lini Colletotrichum lini Colletotrichum lini is a plant pathogen.- External links :* *... Fusarium Fusarium Fusarium is a large genus of filamentous fungi widely distributed in soil and in association with plants. Most species are harmless saprobes, and are relatively abundant members of the soil microbial community. Some species produce mycotoxins in cereal crops that can affect human and animal health... 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... Thanatephorus cucumeris [telomorph] Thielaviopsis basicola Thielaviopsis basicola Thielaviopsis basicola is a plant pathogen.- External links :* *... Chalara elegans [synanamorph] |
| Dieback | Selenophoma linicola Selenophoma linicola Selenophoma linicola is a fungal plant pathogen.- External links :**... |
| Pasmo | Septoria linicola Mycosphaerella linicola Mycosphaerella linicola Mycosphaerella linicola is a fungal plant pathogen.-External links:* *... [teleomorph] |
| Rust | Melampsora lini Melampsora lini var. lini Melampsora lini var. lini is a plant pathogen.-External links:* *... Melampsora lini var. lini Melampsora lini var. lini Melampsora lini var. lini is a plant pathogen.-External links:* *... |
| Stem mold & rot | Sclerotinia sclerotiorum Sclerotinia sclerotiorum Sclerotinia sclerotiorum is a plant pathogenic fungus and can cause a disease called white mold if conditions are correct. S. sclerotiorum can also be known as cottony rot, watery soft rot, stem rot, drop, crown rot and blossom blight... |
| Wilt | Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lini Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lini Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lini is a fungal plant pathogen. Among the diseases it causes is flax wilt.-External links:* *... |
Virus and Phytoplasma Diseases
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| Aster yellows Aster yellows Aster yellows is a chronic, systemic plant disease caused by a bacterium-like organism called a phytoplasma. The aster yellows phytoplasma affects 300 species in 38 families of broad-leaf herbaceous plants, primarily in the aster family. Symptoms are variable and can include phyllody, virescence,... |
Phytoplasma Phytoplasma Phytoplasma are specialised bacteria that are obligate parasites of plant phloem tissue and transmitting insects . They were first discovered by scientists in 1967 and were named mycoplasma-like organisms or MLOs. They cannot be cultured in vitro in cell-free media... |
| Crinkle | Oat blue dwarf virus Oat blue dwarf virus Oat blue dwarf virus is a plant pathogenic virus of the family Tymoviridae.-External links:**... |
Miscellaneous diseases or disorders
| Miscellaneous diseases or disorders |
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| 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 |