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Diseases of Wheat (Triticum spp. L.)

T. D. Murray, W. W. Bockus, R. L. Bowden, R. M. Hunger, and R. W. Smiley, collators (last update: 10/22/15)

BACTERIAL DISEASES

Bacterial leaf blight
Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae van Hall
Bacterial mosaic
Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. tessellarius (Carlson & Vidaver) Davis et al.
Bacterial sheath rot
Pseudomonas fuscovaginae (ex Tanii et al.) Miyajima et al.
Bacterial streak and black chaff
Xanthomonas translucens pv. undulosa (Smith et al.) Vauterin et al.
Basal glume rot
Pseudomonas syringae pv. atrofaciens (McCulloch) Young et al.
Gumming
Rathayibacter iranicus (Carlson & Vidaver ex Scharif) Zgurskaya et al.
Pink seed
Erwinia rhapontici (Millard) Burkholder emend. Hauben et al.
Spike blight
Rathayibacter tritici (Carlson & Vidaver ex Hutchinson) Zgurskaya et al.
Stem melanosis
Pseudomonas cichorii (Swingle) Stapp

FUNGAL AND FUNGAL-LIKE ORGANISM DISEASES

Alternaria leaf blight
Alternaria triticina Prasada & Prabhu
Anthracnose
Colletotrichum cereale Manns
Ascochyta leaf spot
Ascochyta avenae var. avenae (Petr.) R. Sprague & Aar.G. Johnson
         (syns. Ascochytella avenae Petr.; Ascochyta avenae (Petr.) R. Sprague & 
         Aar.G. Johnson; Pseudodiplodia avenae (Petr.) Petr.)
Ascochyta graminea var. graminea (Sacc.) R. Sprague & Aar.G. Johnson
         (syns. Ascochyta graminea (Sacc.) R. Sprague & Aar.G. Johnson; 
         Diplodia graminea Sacc.; Diplodina graminea (Sacc.) Sacc.)
Ascochyta hordei var. hordei Hara
         (syns. Ascochyta hordei Hara; Ascochyta hordei f. hordei Hara)
Ascochyta sorghi Sacc.
         (syn. Ascochyta sorghina Sacc.)
Ascochyta tritici Hori & Enjoji
Didymella exitialis (Morini) E. Müll.
         (syns. Didymella autumnalis Petr.; Mycosphaerella exitialis (Morini)
         Lind; Sphaerella exitialis Morini)
Aureobasidium decay
Microdochium bolleyi (R. Sprague) de Hoog & Herm.-Nijh.
         (syns. Aureobasidium bolleyi (R. Sprague) Arx; Gloeosporium bolleyi 
          R. Sprague; Idriella bolleyi (R. Sprague) Arx)
Black head molds (Sooty molds)a
Alternaria alternata (Fr.:Fr.) Keissl.
         (syns. Alternaria erumpens (Cooke) P. Joly; Alternaria tenuis Nees;
         Macrosporium erumpens; Macrosporium meliloti Peck; Macrosporium 
         polytrichi
Peck; Macrosporium seguierii Allesch.; Torula alternata Fr.)
Alternaria triticina Prasada & Prabhu
Cladosporium herbarum (Pers.:Fr.) Link
         (syns. Acladium herbarum (Pers.:Fr.) Link; Byssus herbarum (Pers.:Fr.)
         DC.; Cladosporium caricicola Corda; Cladosporium epiphyllum (Pers.:Fr.) Fr.;
         Cladosporium graminum (Pers.:Fr.) Link; Davidiella tassiana (De Not.) Crous & U.
         Braun); Dematium herbarum Pers.:Fr.; Didymotrichum caricicola (Corda) Bonord.;
         Helminthosporium flexuosum Corda; Mycosphaerella tassiana (De Not.) Johans.;
         Sphaerella tassiana De Not.
Cladosporium macrocarpum Preuss
         (syns. Cladosporium algarum Cooke & Massee; Cladosporium herbarum 
         var. macrocarpum (Preuss) M. H. M. Ho & Dugan; Cladosporium vincae 
         
Fairm.; Davidiella macrocarpa Crous, K. Schub., & U. Braun; Fusicladium 
         destruens
Peck; Heterosporium algarum (Cooke & Massee) Cooke & Massee; 
        Heterosporium amsoniae
Kabát & Bubák; Heterosporium calandriniae Massee;
        Heterosporium chamaeropis Oudem.; Heterosporium hordei Bubák; Heterosporium
        hybridum
Ellis & Everh.; Heterosporium laricinum Dearn.; Heterosporium maculatum
       
Klotzsch ex Cooke; Heterosporium minutulum Cooke & Massee; Heterosporium 
        oxybaphi
F. Patt.; Heterosporium petuniae R. Sprague; Heterosporium proteus
        Starbäck; Heterosporium sphaeriiforme Ellis & Everh.; Heterosporium thapsiae
        Petr.; Heterosporium tortuosoinflatum Bubák; Heterosporium tuberculans Ellis &
        Everh.; Heterosporium typharum Cooke & Massee)
Epicoccum nigrum Link
         (syns. Epicoccum asterinum Pat.; Epicoccum purpurascens Ehrenb.; Epicoccum
         vulgare
Corda; Phoma epicoccina Punith., Tulloch, & J. G. Leach)
Stemphylium botryosum Wallr.
         (syns. Macrosporium commune Rabenh.; Pleospora tarda E. G. Simmons))
Black point (Kernel smudge)
Alternaria spp.
Bipolaris sorokiniana (Sacc.) Shoemaker
         (syns. Bipolaris californica (Mackie & G. E. Paxton) Gornostai; Bipolaris multiformis
         (Jooste) Alcorn; Cochliobolus sativus (S. Ito & Kurib.) Drechsler ex Dastur;
         Drechslera multiformis
Jooste; Drechslera sorokiniana (Sacc.) Subram. & B. L.
         Jain; Helminthosporium acrothecioides Lindf.; Helminthosporium californicum
         Mackie & G. E. Paxton; Helminthosporium sativum Pammel, C. M. King, & Bakke;
         Helminthosporium sorokinianum
Sacc.; Ophiobolus sativus S. Ito & Kurib.)
Cladosporium spp.
Epicoccum spp.
Fusarium spp.
Pyrenophora tritici-repentis (Died.) Drechsler
         (syns. Drechslera tritici-repentis (Died.) Shoemaker; Drechslera tritici-vulgaris
         (Y. Nisik.) S. Ito; Helminthosporium gramineum f. sp. tritici-repentis Died.;
         Helminthosporium tritici-repentis
Died.; Helminthosporium tritici-vulgaris Y. Nisik.;
        Pleospora trichostoma
f. sp. tritici-repentis Died.; Pleospora tritici-repentis Died.;
        Pyrenophora tritici-vulgaris
J. G. Dicks.)
Stemphylium spp.
Other fungi and physiological causes
Blast
Pyricularia oryzae Cavara
         (syns. Dactylaria oryzae (Cavara) Sawada; Magnaporthe oryzae B. C. Couch)
Brown root rot
Leptosphaeria sclerotioides (Sacc.) Gruyter, Aveskamp, & Verkley
         (syns. Phoma sclerotioides Preuss ex Sacc.; Plenodomus meliloti Dearn.
          & Sanford; Plenodomus sorghi Morochk.)
Cephalosporium stripe
Cephalosporium gramineum Y. Nisik. & Ikata
         (syn. Hymenula cerealis Ellis & Everh.)
Common bunt (Stinking smut)
Tilletia caries (DC.) Tul. & C. Tul.
         (syns. Lycoperdon tritici Bjerk.; Tilletia tritici (Bjerk.) G. Winter; Uredo caries
         
DC.; Uredo sitophila Ditmar)
Tilletia laevis J. G. Kühn
         (syns. Erysibe foetida Wallr.; Tilletia foetida (Wallr.) Liro; Ustilago foetens Berk.
          & M. A. Curtis)
Common root rot (Seedling blight)
Bipolaris sorokiniana (Sacc.) Shoemaker
         (syns. Bipolaris californica (Mackie & G. E. Paxton) Gornostai; Bipolaris multiformis
         (Jooste) Alcorn; Cochliobolus sativus (S. Ito & Kurib.) Drechsler ex Dastur;
         Drechslera multiformis
Jooste; Drechslera sorokiniana (Sacc.) Subram. & B. L.
         Jain; Helminthosporium acrothecioides Lindf.; Helminthosporium californicum
         Mackie & G. E. Paxton; Helminthosporium sativum Pammel, C. M. King, & Bakke;
         Helminthosporium sorokinianum
Sacc.; Ophiobolus sativus S. Ito & Kurib.)
Cottony snow mold
Coprinopsis psychromorbida (Redhead & Traquair) Redhead, Vilgalys, & Moncalvo
         (syn. Coprinus psychromorbidus Redhead & Traquair)
Damping-off
Arthrinium sacchari (Speg.) M. B. Ellis
         (syn. Coniosporium sacchari Speg.)
Dilophospora leaf spot (Twist)
Dilophospora alopecuri (Fr.:Fr.) Fr.
         (syns. Dilophospora graminis Desm.; Dilophospora holci Fuckel; Sphaeria
           alopecuri
Fr.:Fr.)
Downy mildew (Crazy top)
Sclerophthora macrospora (Sacc.) Thirum., C. G. Shaw, & Naras.
         (syns. Phytophthora macrospora (Sacc.) Ito & I. Tanaka; Phytophthora oryzae 
         (Brizi) Hara; Sclerospora kriegeriana Magnus; Sclerospora macrospora Sacc.;
          Sclerospora oryzae
Brizi)
Dwarf bunt
Tilletia contraversa J. G. Kühn (variant spelling: Tilletia controversa J. G. Kühn)
         (syns. Tilletia aegilopis Golovin; Tilletia brevifaciens G. W. Fisch.; Tilletia
          calospora
Pass.; Tilletia contraversa var. elymi Zaprom.; Tilletia contraversa var.
          prostrata
Lavrov; Tilletia elymicola Lavrov; Tilletia pancicii Bubák & Ranoj.; Tilletia
          prostrata
(Lavrov) Lavrov)
Ergot
Claviceps purpurea (Fr.) Tul.
         (syns. Claviceps litoralis Kawat.; Claviceps microcephala (Wallr.) Tul.; Claviceps
          purpurea
var. purpurea; Claviceps sesleriae Stäger; Claviceps setulosa (Quél.)
          Sacc.; Cordyceps purpurea (Fr.) Fr.; Cordyceps setulosa Quél.; Kentrosporium
          microcephalum
Wallr.; Spermoedia microcephala (Wallr.) Seaver; Sphacelia
          segetum
Lév.; Sphaeria purpurea Fr.)
Eyespot (Foot rot, Strawbreaker)
Oculimacula acuformis (Boerema, R. Pieters, & Hamers) Crous & W. Gams
         (syns. Helgardia acuformis (Nirenberg) Crous & W. Gams; Pseudocercosporella
          herpotrichoides
var. acuformis Nirenberg; Ramulispora acuformis (Nirenberg)
          Crous; Ramulispora herpotrichoides var. acuformis (Nirenberg) Boerema, R.
          Pieters, & Hamers; Tapesia acuformis (Boerema, R. Pieters, & Hamers) Crous;
          Tapesia yallundae
var. acuformis Boerema, R. Pieters, & Hamers)
 Oculimacula yallundae (Wallwork & Spooner) Crous & W. Gams
         (syns. Cercosporella herpotrichoides Fron; Helgardia herpotrichoides (Fron)
          Crous & W. Gams; Pseudocercosporella herpotrichoides (Fron) Deighton;
          Ramulispora herpotrichoides
(Fron) Arx; Ramulispora herpotrichoides var.
          herpotrichoides; Tapesia yallundae
Wallwork & Spooner; Tapesia yallundae var.
          yallundae
)
Flag smut
Urocystis agropyri (G. Preuss) A. A. Fisch Waldh.
         (syns. Polycystis agropyri (Preuss) J. Schröt.; Tuburcinia agropyri (Preuss) Liro;
         Tuburcinia elymi
Cif.; Uredo agropyri Preuss; Urocystis elymi (Cif.) Schwarzman;
         Urocystis preussii
J. G. Kühn)
Urocystis tritici Körn.
         (syns. Tuburcinia hispanica Syd.; Tuburcinia tritici (Körn.) Liro; Urocystis hispanica
         (Syd.) Zundel)
Fusarium head blight (Scab)
Fusarium acuminatum Ellis & Everh.
         (syns. Fusarium gibbosum var. acuminatum (Ellis & Everh.) Bilaĭ; Fusarium scirpi
          subsp. acuminatum (Ellis & Everh.) Raillo; Fusarium scirpi var. acuminatum
        
(Ellis & Everh.) Wollenw.; Gibberella acuminata Wollenw.; Microcera acuminata
         (Ellis & Everh.) Höhn)
Fusarium avenaceum (Fr.) Sacc.
         (syns. Fusarium herbarum var. avenaceum (Fr.:Fr.) Wollenw.; Fusisporium
          avenaceum
Fr.:Fr.; Gibberella avenacea R. J. Cook)
Fusarium cerealis (Cooke) Sacc.
         (syns. Fusarium crookwellense Burgess, Nelson, & Toussoun; Fusarium culmorum
          var. cereale (Cooke) Wollenw.; Fusarium sambucinum var. cereale (Cooke) Raillo;
          Fusisporium cerealis
Cooke)
Fusarium culmorum (Wm.G. Sm.) Sacc.
         (syns. Fusisporium culmorum Wm.G. Sm.; Fusarium culmorum var. leteius)
Fusarium equiseti (Corda) Sacc.
         (syns. Fusarium bullatum Sherb.; Fusarium equiseti var. bullatum 
         (Wollenw.) Wollenw.; Fusarium longipes Wollenw. & Reinking; Gibberella intricans
        Wollenw.; Selenosporium equiseti Corda)
Fusarium graminearum Schwabe sensu lato
         (syn. Gibberella zeae (Schwein.) Petch)
         Note: Fusarium graminearum Schwabe has been divided into at least 15 
         morphologically similar phylogenetic species. The name "Fusarium graminearum
         Schwabe" now has the original broad sense (sensu lato) and a new narrow sense
         (sensu stricto). The term "Fusarium graminearum species complex" can also be
         used to indicate the broad sense. Authors should make clear whether they are
         using sensu lato or sensu stricto. The members of the Fusarium graminearum
         species complex are as follows:
         Fusarium acaciae-mearnsii O'Donnell, T. Aoki, Kistler, & Geiser
         Fusarium aethiopicum O'Donnell, Aberra, Kistler, & T. Aoki
         Fusarium asiaticum O'Donnell, T. Aoki, Kistler, & Geiser
         Fusarium austroamericanum T. Aoki, Kistler, Geiser, & O'Donnell
         Fusarium boothii O'Donnell, T. Aoki, Kistler ,& Geiser
         Fusarium brasilicum T. Aoki, Kistler, Geiser, & O'Donnell
         Fusarium cortaderiae O'Donnell, T. Aoki, Kistler, & Geiser
         Fusarium gerlachii T. Aoki, Starkey, L. R. Gale, Kistler, & O'Donnell
         Fusarium graminearum Schwabe sensu stricto
         Fusarium louisianense Gale, Kistler, O'Donnell, & T. Aoki
         Fusarium meridionale T. Aoki, Kistler, Geiser, & O'Donnell
         Fusarium mesoamericanum T. Aoki, Kistler, Geiser, & O'Donnell
         Fusarium nepalense T. Aoki, Carter, Nicholson, Kistler, & O'Donnell
         Fusarium ussurianum T. Aoki, Gagkaeva, Yli-Mattila, Kistler, & O'Donnell
         Fusarium vorosii B. Tòth, Varga, Starkey, O'Donnell, H. Suga, & T. Aoki
Fusarium poae (Peck) Wollenw.
         (syns. Fusarium tricinctum f. sp. poae (Peck) W. C. Snyder & H. N. Hansen;
          Sporotrichum anthophilum
Peck; Sporotrichum poae Peck)
Fusarium pseudograminearum O'Donnell & T. Aoki
         (syns. Fusarium graminearum Group 1; Gibberella coronicola T. Aoki & O'Donnell)
Fusarium sporotrichioides Sherb.
         (syns. Fusarium sporotrichiella Bilaĭ; Fusarium sporotrichiella var. sporotrichioides 
         (Sherb.) Bilaĭ)
Fusarium tricinctum (Corda) Sacc.
         (syns. Fusarium citriforme Jamal.; Fusarium sporotrichiella var. tricinctum (Corda)
          Bilaĭ; Gibberella tricincta El-Gholl, McRitchie, Schoult., & Ridings; Selenosporium
          tricinctum
Corda)
Microdochium nivale (Fr.:Fr.) Samuels & I. C. Hallett
         (syns. Calonectria nivalis Schaffnit; Fusarium nivale Ces. ex Berl. & Voglino;
          Fusarium nivale
(Fr.) Sorauer; Gerlachia nivalis (Ces. ex Berl. & Voglino) W.
          Gams & E. Müll.; Griphosphaeria nivalis (Schaffnit) E. Müll. & Arx; Lanosa nivalis
          Fr.; Micronectriella nivalis (Schaffnit) C. Booth; Monographella nivalis (Schaffnit)
          E. Müll.)
Fusarium root, crown, and foot rot (Dryland foot rot, Crown rot, Foot rot, Seedling blight)
Fusarium acuminatum Ellis & Everh.
         (syns. Fusarium gibbosum var. acuminatum (Ellis & Everh.) Bilaĭ; Fusarium scirpi
          subsp. acuminatum (Ellis & Everh.) Raillo; Fusarium scirpi var. acuminatum
        
(Ellis & Everh.) Wollenw.; Gibberella acuminata Wollenw.; Microcera acuminata
         (Ellis & Everh.) Höhn)
Fusarium avenaceum (Fr.) Sacc.
         (syns. Fusarium herbarum var. avenaceum (Fr.:Fr.) Wollenw.; Fusisporium
          avenaceum
Fr.:Fr.; Gibberella avenacea R. J. Cook)
Fusarium cerealis (Cooke) Sacc.
         (syns. Fusisporium cerealis Cooke; Fusarium crookwellense Burgess, Nelson, &
          Toussoun; Fusarium culmorum var. cereale (Cooke) Wollenw.; Fusarium
          sambucinum
var. cereale (Cooke) Raillo)
Fusarium culmorum (Wm.G. Sm.) Sacc.
         (syns. Fusisporium culmorum Wm.G. Sm.; Fusarium culmorum var. leteius)
Fusarium graminearum Schwabe sensu lato
        
(See Fusarium head blight for more about the F. graminearum species complex.)
Fusarium poae (Peck) Wollenw.
         (syns. Fusarium tricinctum f. sp. poae (Peck) W. C. Snyder & H. N. Hansen;
          Sporotrichum anthophilum
Peck; Sporotrichum poae Peck)
Fusarium pseudograminearum O'Donnell & T. Aoki
         (syns. Fusarium graminearum Group 1; Gibberella coronicola T. Aoki & O'Donnell)
Halo spot
Pseudoseptoria donacis (Pass.) B. Sutton
         (syns. Selenophoma donacis (Pass.) R. Sprague & Aar. G. Johnson; Septoria
          donacis
Pass.; Septoria oxyspora Penz. & Sacc.)
Karnal bunt (Partial bunt)
Tilletia indica Mitra
         (syn. Neovossia indica (Mitra) Mundk.)
Leaf rust (Brown rust)
Puccinia triticina Erikss.
         (syns. Pleomeris triticina (Erikss.) Syd.; Puccinia dispersa f. sp. tritici Erikss.;
          Puccinia perplexans
var. triticina (Erikss.) Z. Urb; Puccinia persistens subsp.
          triticina
(Erikss.) Z. Urb. & J. Marková; Puccinia persistens var. triticina (Erikss.) Z.
          Urb. & J. Marková; Puccinia recondita Rob. ex Desm. f. sp. tritici (Erikss.) D. M.
          Hend.; Puccinia rubigo-vera (DC.) G. Winter; Puccinia tritici-duri Viennot-Bourgin)
Leptosphaeria leaf spot
Phaeosphaeria herpotrichoides (De Not.) L. Holm
         (syns. Leptosphaeria herpotrichoides De Not.; Leptosphaeria sparsa (Fuckel)
          Sacc.; Trematosphaeria herpotrichoides (De Not.) G. Winter)
Loose smut
Ustilago tritici (Pers.) Rostr.
         (syns. Ustilago ehrenbergiana A. A. Fisch. Waldh.; Ustilago hordei Bref.; Ustilago
          nuda
var. tritici G. W. Fisch. & C. G. Shaw; Ustilago passerinii A. A. Fisch. Waldh.;
          Ustilago schumanniana
Henn.; Ustilago segetum var. tritici (Pers.) Brunaud;
          Ustilago tritici
f. folicola Henn.; Ustilago ugamica Golovin; Ustilago vavilovii Jacz.)
Microscopica leaf spot
Phaeosphaeria microscopica (P. Karst.) O. E. Erikss.
         (syns. Leptosphaeria microscopica P. Karst; Phaeoseptoria urvilleana (Speg.) R.
          Sprague; Septoria urvilleana Speg.)
Phoma spota
Peyronellaea americana (Morgan-Jones & J. F. White) Aveskamp, Gruyter, & Verkley
         (syn. Phoma americana Morgan-Jones & J. F. White)
Peyronellaea subglomerata (Boerema, Gruyter, & Noordel.) Aveskamp, Gruyter,
& Verkley
         (syns. Ascochyta trachelospermi Fabric.; Phoma subglomerata Boerema, Gruyter,
          & Noordel.)
Phoma glomerata (Corda) Wollenw. & Hochapfel
Phoma indianensis (K. B. Deshp. & Mantri) Boerema, Dorenb., & Kesterenb
Phoma insidiosa Tassib
Phoma lophiostomoides Sacc.
Phoma macrostoma var. macrostoma Mont.
Phoma sorghina (Sacc.) Boerema, Dorenb., & Kesterenb
Phoma triticina E. Müll.
Pink snow mold
Microdochium nivale (Fr.:Fr.) Samuels & I. C. Hallett
         (syns. Calonectria nivalis Schaffnit; Fusarium nivale (Fr.) Sorauer; Fusarium nivale 
         Ces. ex Berl. & Voglino; Gerlachia nivalis (Ces. Ex Berl. & Voglino) W. Gams & E. 
         Müll.; Griphosphaeria nivalis (Schaffnit) E. Müll. & Arx; Lanosa nivalis Fr.; 
         Micronectriella nivalis
(Schaffnit) C. Booth; Monographella nivalis (Schaffnit) E. 
         Müll.)
Platyspora leaf spot
Comoclathris pentamera (P. Karst.) S. Ahmad
         (syns. Clathrospora aurea (Ellis) Berl.; Clathrospora passeriniana Berl.; 
         Clathrospora pentamera
(P. Karst.) Berl.; Clathrospora platyspora (Sacc.) Berl.; 
         Clathrospora pteridis
Lind; Comoclathris quadriseptata (Cooke & Harkn.)
         Shoemaker & C. E. Babc.; Comoclathris wehmeyeri A. Pande; Graphyllium
         pentamerum
(P. Karst.) M. E. Barr; Platyspora pentamera (P. Karst.) Wehm.; 
         Pleospora aurea
Ellis & Everh.; Pleospora pentamera P. Karst.; Pleospora
         platyspora
Sacc.; Pleospora quadriseptata Cooke & Harkn.; Pleospora
         turkestanica
 Rehm)
Powdery mildew
Blumeria graminis (DC) Speer f. sp. tritici emend. É. J. Marchal
         (syns. Acrosporium hyalinum (Fr.) Sumst.; Acrosporium monilioides Nees;
         Erysiphe communis
f. graminis (DC.) Fr.; Erysiphe graminis DC.; Monilia hyalina
         Fr.; Oidium monilioides (Nees) Link; Oidium tritici Lib.; Tigria graminis (DC.)
         Trevis.; Torula acrosporium Corda; Torula bulbigera Bonord.; Torula papillata
         Bonord.; Torula rubella Bonord.)
Pythium root rot
Globisporangium abappressorium (Paulitz & M. Mazzola) Uzuhashi, Tojo, & Kakish.
         (syn. Pythium abappressorium Paulitz & M. Mazzola)
Globisporangium debaryanum (R. Hesse) Uzuhashi, Tojo, & Kakish.
         (syns. Eupythium debaryanum (R. Hesse) Nieuwl.; Pythium debaryanum R. 
         Hesse; Pythium debaryanum var. debaryanum R. Hesse)
Globisporangium heterothallicum (W. A. Campb. & F. F. Hendrix) Uzuhashi, Tojo, 
& Kakish.
         (syn. Pythium heterothallicum W. W. Campb. & F. F. Hendrix)
Globisporangium irregulare (Buisman) Uzuhashi, Tojo, & Kakish.
         (syns. Pythium irregulare Buisman; Pythium fabae G. Cheney; Pythium irregulare
         var. hawaiiense Sideris; Pythium polymorphon Sideris)
Globisporangium sylvaticum (W. A. Campb. & F. F. Hendrix) Uzuhashi, Tojo, & Kakish.
         (syns. Pythium sylvaticum W. A. Campb. & F. F. Hendrix; Pythium debaryanum
         var. pelargonii Hans Braun)
Globisporangium ultimum (Trow) Uzuhashi, Tojo, & Kakish.
         (syns. Pythium ultimum Trow; Globisporangium ultimum var. ultimum (Trow) 
         Uzuhashi, Tojo, & Kakish.; Pythium ultimum var. ultimum Trow; Pythium haplomitrii
         Lilienfeld)
Pythium aristosporum Vanterp.
Pythium arrhenomanes Drechsler
         (syns. Nematosporangium arrhenomanes (Drechsler) Sideris; Nematosporangium
         arrhenomanes
var. hawaiiense Sideris; Nematosporangium epiphanosporon 
         Sideris; Nematosporangium hyphalosticton Sideris; Nematosporangium leiohyphon
         Sideris; Nematosporangium leucosticton Sideris; Nematosporangium polyandron
         Sideris; Nematosporangium rhizophthoron Sideris; Nematosporangium
         spaniogamon
Sideris; Nematosporangium thysanohyphalon Sideris; Pythium
         arrhenomanes
var. canadense Vanterp. & Truscott; Pythium arrhenomanes var. 
         philippinense
Roldan)
Pythium graminicola Subraman.
         (syn. Pythium graminicola var. stagni Höhnk)
Pythium torulosum Coker & F. Patt.
Rhizoctonia root rot
Rhizoctonia solani J. G. Kühn AG-8
         (syns. Corticium sasakii (Shirai) H. Matsumoto; Corticium solani (Prill. & Delacr.)
         Bourdot & Galzin; Corticium vagum var. solani Burt; Hypochnus cucumeris A. B.
         Frank; Hypochnus filamentosus Pat.; Hypochnus sasakii Shirai; Hypochnus solani
         Prill. & Delacr.; Moniliopsis aderholdii Ruhland; Moniliopsis solani (J. G. Kühn)
         R. Moore; Pellicularia filamentosa (Pat.) D. P. Rogers; Pellicularia filamentosa f. sp.
        sasakii
Exner; Pellicularia sasakii (Shirai) S. Ito; Rhizoctonia grisea (J. A. Stev.)
        Matz; Rhizoctonia napaeae Westend. & Wallays; Rhizoctonia solani var. solani J.
        G. Kühn; Sclerotium griseum J. A. Stev.; Thanatephorus cucumeris (A. B. Frank)
        Donk; Thanatephorus sasakii (Shirai) C. C. Tu & Kimbr.)
Waitea circinata Warcup & Talbot
         (syns. Moniliopsis zeae (Voorhees) R. T. Moore; Rhizoctonia zeae Voorhees;
         Waitea circinata
var. circinata Warcup & Talbot; Waitea nuda Clémençon) c
Ring spot
Pyrenophora seminiperda (Brittleb. & D. B. Adam) Shoemaker
         (syns. Bipolaris cyclops (Drechsler) R. Sprague; Drechslera campanulata (Lév.) B.
         Sutton; Drechslera verticillata (O'Gara) Shoemaker; Helminthosporium cyclops
         Drechsler; Pleosphaeria seminiperda Brittleb. & D. B. Adam; Podosporiella
         verticillata
O'Gara; Pyrenophora horrida Syd.)
Sclerotinia snow mold (Snow scald)
Sclerotinia borealis Bubák & Vleugel
         (syns. Myriosclerotinia borealis (Bubák & Vleugel) L. M. Kohn; Sclerotinia
          graminearum
Elenev ex Solkina)
Septoria tritici blotch
Zymoseptoria tritici (Desm.) Quaedvlieg & Crous
         (syns. Mycosphaerella graminicola (Fuckel) J. Schröt.; Septoria tritici Desm.;
         Sphaerella graminicola
(Fuckel) Fuckel; Sphaeria graminicola Fuckel)
Sharp eyespot
Ceratobasidium cereale D. Murray & L. L. Burpee
         (syns. Ceratorhiza cerealis (E. P. Hoeven) R. T. Moore; Rhizoctonia cerealis 
         E. P. Hoeven)
Snow rot
Globisporangium iwayamae (S. Ito) Uzuhashi, Tojo, & Kakish.
         (syn. Pythium iwayamae S. Ito)
Globisporangium okanoganense (P. E. Lipps) Uzuhashi, Tojo, & Kakish.
         (syn. Pythium okanoganense P. E. Lipps)
Pythium aristosporum Vanterp.
Pythium paddicum Hirane
         (syn. Globisporangium paddicum (Hirane) Uzuhashi, Tojo, & Kakish.)
Southern blight (Sclerotium base rot, Sclerotium wilt)
Athelia rolfsii (Curzi) Tu & Kimbr.
         (syns. Botryobasidium rolfsii (Curzi) Venkatar.; Corticium rolfsii Curzi; Pellicularia rolfsii (Curzi) E. West; Sclerotium rolfsii Sacc.)
Speckled snow mold (Gray snow mold, Typhula blight)
Typhula incarnata Lasch. ex Fr.
         (syns. Clavaria elegantula P. Karst.; Pistillaria elegantula (P. Karst.) Corner;
         Typhula elegantula
P. Karst.; Typhula itoana S. Imai)
Typhula ishikariensis var. canadensis J. D. Sm. & Årsvoll
Typhula ishikariensis var. idahoensis (Remsberg) Årsvoll & J. D. Sm.
         (syn. Typhula idahoensis Remsberg)
Typhula ishikariensis var. ishikariensis S. Imai
Spot blotch
Bipolaris sorokiniana (Sacc.) Shoemaker
         (syns. Bipolaris californica (Mackie & G. E. Paxton) Gornostai; Bipolaris multiformis 
         (Jooste) Alcorn; Cochliobolus sativus (S. Ito & Kurib.) Drechsler ex Dastur;
         Drechslera multiformis
Jooste; Drechslera sorokiniana (Sacc.) Subram. & B. L.
         Jain; Helminthosporium acrothecioides Lindf.; Helminthosporium californicum
         Mackie & G. E. Paxton; Helminthosporium sativum Pammel, C. M. King, & Bakke;
         Helminthosporium sorokinianum
Sacc.; Ophiobolus sativus S. Ito & Kurib.)
Stagonospora nodorum blotch
Parastagonospora nodorum (Berk.) Quaedvlieg, Verkley, & Crous
         (syns. Depazea nodorum Berk.; Hendersonia nodorum (Berk.) Petr.; 
         Leptosphaeria nodorum
E. Müll.; Macrophoma hennebergii (J. G. Kühn) Berl. &
         Voglino; Phaeosphaeria nodorum (E. Müll.) Hedjaroude; Phoma hennebergii J. G.
         Kühn; Rhabdospora hennebergii (J. G. Kühn) Sacc. & D. Sacc.; Septoria
         glumarum
 Pass.; Septoria holci Pass.; Septoria nodorum (Berk.) Berk.;
        Stagonospora hennebergii
(J. G. Kühn) Petr. & Syd.; Stagonospora nodorum
        (Berk.) Castell. & E. G. Germano)
Parastagonospora avenae (A. B. Frank) Quaedvlieg, Verkley, & Crous
         (syns. Leptosphaeria avenaria G. F. Weber; Leptosphaeria tritici (Garov.) Pass.;
         Phaeosphaeria avenaria
(G. F. Weber) O. Erikss.; Phaeosphaeria avenaria
         f. sp. avenaria O. E. Erikss.; Phaeosphaeria tritici (Garov.) Hedjaroude; Pleospora
         tritici
Garov.; Septoria avenae A. B. Frank; Stagonospora avenae (A. B. Frank)
         Bissett)
Stem rust (Black rust)
Puccinia graminis subsp. graminis Pers.:Pers.
Puccinia graminis Pers.:Pers. f. sp. tritici Erikss. & E. Henning
         (syns. Aecidium berberidis Pers.; Puccinia albigensis Mayor; Puccinia anthistiriae 
         Barclay; Puccinia brizae-maximae T. S. Ramakr.; Puccinia cerealis H. Mart.;
         Puccinia elymina
Miura; Puccinia favargeri Mayor; Puccinia graminis Pers.:Pers.;
         Puccinia graminis
f. sp. tritici Erikss. & E. Henn.; Puccinia graminis var. agropyri-
         repentis
Guyot; Puccinia graminis var. tritici Guyot, Massenot, & Saccas ex Z. Urb.;
         Puccinia jubata
Ellis & Barthol.; Puccinia linearis Röhl.; Puccinia megalopotamica
         Speg.; Puccinia vilis Arthur)
Stem scald (False eyespot)
Gibellina cerealis (Pass.) Pass.
         (syn. Gibellia cerealis Pass.)
Storage molds
Aspergillus spp.
         (syn. Eurotium spp.)
Penicillium spp.
Stripe rust (Yellow rust)
Puccinia striiformis Westend.
         (syns. Dicaeoma glumarum (Erikss. & Henning) Arthur & Fromme; Puccinia 
         glumarum
Erikss. & E. Henn.; Puccinia lineatula Bubák; Puccinia neglecta
         Westend; Puccinia stapfiolae Mundk. & Thirum.; Puccinia tritici Oerst.; Uredo
         glumarum
J. K. Schmidt)
Take-all
Gaeumannomyces graminis (Sacc.) Arx & D. L. Olivier var. avenae (E. M. Turner) Dennis
         (syn. Ophiobolus graminis var. avenae E. M. Turner)
Gaeumannomyces graminis (Sacc.) Arx & D. L. Olivier var. tritici J. Walker
Tan spot (Yellow leaf spot, Red smudge)
Pyrenophora tritici-repentis (Died.) Drechsler
         (syns. Drechslera tritici-repentis (Died.) Shoemaker; Drechslera tritici-vulgaris (Y. 
         Nisik.) S. Ito; Helminthosporium gramineum f. sp. tritici-repentis Died.;
         Helminthosporium tritici-repentis
Died.; Helminthosporium tritici-vulgaris Y. Nisik.;
         Pleospora trichostoma
f. sp. tritici-repentis Died.; Pleospora tritici-repentis Died.;
         Pyrenophora tritici-vulgaris
J. G. Dicks.)
Tar spot
Phyllachora graminis (Pers.:Fr.) Fuckel
         (syns. Dothidea graminis (Pers.) Chevall.; Hypopteris graminis (Pers.) Fr. ex P. 
          Karst.; Leptostromella graminis Grove; Linochora graminis (Grove) Parbery;
          Nemania graminis
(Pers.) Gray; Polystigma graminis (Pers.) Link; Sphaeria
          graminis
Pers.)
Zoosporic root colonizers
Lagenocystis radicicola (Vanterp. & Ledingham) H. F. Copel.
         (syn. Lagena radicicola Vanterp. & Ledingham)
Ligniera pilorum Fron & Gaillat
Olpidium brassicae (Woronin) P. A. Dang.
         (syns. Asterocystis radicis De Wild.; Chytridium brassicae Woronin; Olpidiaster 
         radicis
(De Wild.) Pascher; Olpidium borzii De Wild.; Olpidium radicicola De Wild.)
Polymyxa graminis Ledingham
Rhizophydium graminis Ledingham

NEMATODES, PARASITIC

Cereal cyst nematodes:
Heterodera avenae Wollenweber
Heterodera filipjevi Madzhidov
Heterodera latipons Franklin
Heterodera spp.
Dagger nematode:
Xiphinema americanum Cobb
Grass cyst nematode:
Punctodera punctata Mulvey & Stone
         (syn. Heterodera punctata Thorne)
Lance nematode:
Hoplolaimus spp.
Needle nematode:
Longidorus spp.
Ring nematode:
Criconemella spp.
Root-gall nematode:
Subanguina radicicola (Greeff) Paramanov
Root-knot nematodes:
Meloidogyne arenaria (Neal) Chitwood
Meloidogyne artiellia Franklin
Meloidogyne chitwoodi Golden et al.
Meloidogyne incognita (Kofoid & White) Chitwood
Meloidogyne javanica (Treub) Chitwood
Meloidogyne naasi Franklin
Meloidogyne spp.
Root-lesion nematodes:
Pratylenchus neglectus (Rensch) Filipjev & Schuurmanns-Stekhoven
Pratylenchus thornei Sher & Allen
Pratylenchus spp.
Seed-gall nematode:
Anguina tritici (Steinbuch) Filipjev
Spiral nematode:
Helicotylenchus spp.
Stem nematode:
Ditylenchus dipsaci (Kühn) Filipjev
Sting nematode:
Belonolaimus spp.
Stubby-root nematodes:
Paratrichodorus minor (Colbran) Siddiqi
Paratrichodorus spp.
Trichodorus spp.
Stunt nematodes:
Geocenamus brevidens (Allen) Brzeski
         (syns. Merlinius brevidens (Allen) Siddiqi; Tylenchorhynchus brevidens Allen)
Tylenchorhynchus brevilineatus Williams
Tylenchorhynchus dubius (Buetschli) Filipjev
Tylenchorhynchus spp.

PARASITIC HIGHER PLANT

Witchweed
Striga asiatica (L.) Kuntze
         (syn. Striga lutea Lour.)
Striga spp.

PHYTOPLASMAL DISEASE

Aster yellows
‘Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris' Lee et al.

VIRAL AND VIROID DISEASES

African cereal streak (see Maize streak)
Agropyron mosaic
Genus Rymovirus; Agropyron mosaic virus (AgMV)
Australian wheat striate mosaic (see Chloris striate mosaic)
Barley stripe mosaic
Genus Hordeivirus; Barley stripe mosaic virus (BSMV)
Barley yellow dwarf
Genus Luteovirus; Barley yellow dwarf virus–kerII, Barley yellow dwarf virus–kerIII, Barley yellow dwarf virus–MAV, Barley yellow dwarf virus–PAS, Barley yellow dwarf virus–PAV
Genus Polerovirus; Cereal yellow dwarf virus–RPS, Cereal yellow dwarf virus–RPV
Unassigned; Barley yellow dwarf virus–GPV, Barley yellow dwarf virus–SGV, Barley yellow dwarf virus–RMV
Barley yellow streak mosaic
Unassigned; Barley yellow streak mosaic virus (BYSMV)
Barley yellow striate mosaic
Genus Cytorhabdovirus; Barley yellow striate mosaic virus (BYSMV)
Barley yellow stripe (see Barley stripe mosaic)
Brazilian wheat spike
Genus Tenuivirus; Brazilian wheat spike virus (BWSpV) d
Brome mosaic
Genus Bromovirus; Brome mosaic virus (BMV)
Cereal chlorotic mottle
Genus Nucleorhabdovirus; Cereal chlorotic mottle virus (CerCMV)
Cereal northern mosaic (see Northern cereal mosaic)
Cereal tillering disease (see also Maize rough dwarf)
Genus Fijivirus; Cereal tillering disease virus
Chloris striate mosaic
Genus Mastrevirus; Chloris striate mosaic virus (CSMV)
Cocksfoot mottle
Genus Sobemovirus; Cocksfoot mottle virus (CoMV)
Eastern wheat striate
Unclassified; Eastern wheat striate virusd
Enanismo
Probable virus or phytoplasmad
European wheat striate mosaic
Genus Tenuivirus; European wheat striate mosaic virus (EWSMV)
Flame chlorosis
Probable virus vectored by Pythium spp., flame chlorosis-specific dsRNAd
High Plains disease
Genus Emaravirus; Wheat mosaic virus (WMoV)
Iranian wheat stripe virus
Genus Tenuivirus; Iranian wheat stripe virus (IWSV)
Maize rough dwarf
Genus Fijivirus; Maize rough dwarf virus (MRDV)
Maize streak
Genus Mastrevirus; Maize streak virus (MSV)
Northern cereal mosaic
Genus Cytorhabdovirus; Northern cereal mosaic virus (NCMV)
Oat sterile dwarf
Genus Fijivirus; Oat sterile dwarf virus (OSDV)
Rice black streaked dwarf
Genus Fijivirus; Rice black streaked dwarf virus (RBSDV)
Rice hoja blanca
Genus Tenuivirus; Rice hoja blanca virus (RHBV)
Rice stripe
Genus Tenuivirus; Rice stripe virus (RSV)
Tobacco mosaic
Genus Tobamovirus; Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV)
Triticum aestivum chlorotic spot
Genus Nucleorhabdovirus; Triticum aestivum chlorotic spot virus (TaCSV)
Triticum mosaic
Triticum mosaic virus
Wheat American striate mosaic
Genus Cytorhabdovirus; Wheat American striate mosaic virus (WASMV)
Wheat chlorotic spot (see Triticum aestivum chlorotic spot)
Wheat chlorotic streak (Wheat chlorotic streak mosaic) (see Barley yellow striate mosaic)
Wheat dwarf
Genus Mastrevirus; Wheat dwarf virus (WDV)
Wheat rosette stunt (see Northern cereal mosaic)
Wheat soil-borne mosaic
Genus Furovirus; Chinese wheat mosaic virus; Japanese wheat mosaic virus; Soil-borne cereal mosaic virus; Soil-borne wheat mosaic virus (SBWMV)
Wheat soil-borne yellow mosaic (see Wheat yellow mosaic)
Wheat spindle streak mosaic
Genus Bymovirus; Wheat spindle streak mosaic virus (WSSMV)
Wheat spot mosaic
Unclassified; probable virus or phytoplasma
Wheat streak mosaic
Genus Tritimovirus; Wheat streak mosaic virus (WSMV)
Wheat striate mosaic (see Wheat American striate mosaic)
Wheat yellow leaf
Genus Closterovirus; Wheat yellow leaf virus (WYLV)
Wheat yellow mosaic
Genus Bymovirus; Wheat yellow mosaic virus (WYMV)
         (syn. Soil-borne wheat yellow mosaic virus)
Winter wheat mosaic
Genus Tenuivirus; Winter wheat mosaic virus (WWMV)d
Winter wheat (Russian) mosaic
Genus Nucleorhabdovirus; Winter wheat Russian mosaic virus (WWRMV)
Yellow head disease
Genus Tenuivirus; Wheat yellow head virus (WYHV) d

aSynonyms for each pathogen species are too numerous to list.
b The Farr and Rossman database lists this as a synonym for Epicoccum sorghi; however, this is incorrect, since Epicoccum produces phaeodictyospores in a sporodochium and does not look like Phoma, which produces hyaloamerospores in a pycnidium.
c Rhizoctonia oryzae Ryker & Gooch has been widely used as a synonym; however, this name is apparently invalid.
d No taxonomic references for this virus could be found.