List of maize diseases
The following is a list of diseases affecting maize.
Bacterial diseases
Bacterial diseases | |
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Bacterial leaf blight and stalk rot |
Pseudomonas avenae subsp. avenae |
Bacterial leaf spot |
Xanthomonas campestris pv. holcicola |
Bacterial stalk rot | Enterobacter dissolvens = Erwinia dissolvens |
Bacterial stalk and top rot |
Erwinia carotovora subsp. carotovora |
Bacterial stripe | |
Chocolate spot |
Pseudomonas syringae pv. coronafaciens |
Goss's bacterial wilt and blight (leaf freckles and wilt) |
Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. nebraskensis = Corynebacterium michiganense pv. nebraskense |
Holcus spot |
Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae van Hall |
Purple leaf sheath |
Hemiparasitic bacteria |
Seed rot-seedling blight | |
Stewart's disease (bacterial wilt) |
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 [teleomorph] |
Aspergillus ear and kernel rot | Aspergillus flavus |
Banded leaf and sheath spot | Rhizoctonia solani = Rhizoctonia microsclerotia Thanatephorus cucumeris [teleomorph] |
Black bundle disease | Acremonium strictum = Cephalosporium acremonium |
Black kernel rot | Lasiodiplodia theobromae = Botryodiplodia theobromae |
Borde blanco | Marasmiellus sp. |
Brown spot Black spot |
Physoderma maydis |
Cephalosporium kernel rot | Acremonium strictum = Cephalosporium acremonium |
Charcoal rot | Macrophomina phaseolina |
Corticium ear rot | Thanatephorus cucumeris = Corticium sasakii |
Curvularia leaf spot | Curvularia clavata Curvularia eragrostidis = Curvularia maculans |
Didymella leaf spot | Didymella exitalis |
Diplodia ear rot and stalk rot | Diplodia frumenti Botryosphaeria festucae [teleomorph] |
Diplodia ear rot Stalk rot |
Diplodia maydis |
Diplodia leaf spot or leaf streak | Stenocarpella macrospora = Diplodia macrospora |
Downy mildews | |
Brown stripe downy mildew | Sclerophthora rayssiae |
Crazy top downy mildew | Sclerophthora macrospora = Sclerospora macrospora |
Green ear downy mildew Graminicola downy mildew |
Sclerospora graminicola |
Java downy mildew | Peronosclerospora maydis = Sclerospora maydis |
Philippine downy mildew | Peronosclerospora philippinensis = Sclerospora philippinensis |
Sorghum downy mildew | Peronosclerospora sorghi = Sclerospora sorghi |
Spontaneum downy mildew | Peronosclerospora spontanea = Sclerospora spontanea |
Sugarcane downy mildew | Peronosclerospora sacchari = Sclerospora sacchari |
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Dry ear rot Cob, kernel and stalk rot |
Nigrospora oryzae Khuskia oryzae [teleomorph] |
Ear rots, minor | Alternaria alternata = Alternaria tenuis Aspergillus glaucus |
Ergot Horse's tooth |
Claviceps gigantea Sphacelia sp. [anamorph] |
Eyespot | Aureobasidium zeae = Kabatiella zeae |
Fusarium ear and stalk rot | Fusarium subglutinans = Fusarium moniliforme |
Fusarium kernel, root and stalk rot, seed rot and seedling blight | Fusarium moniliforme
Gibberella fujikuroi [teleomorph] |
Fusarium stalk rot Seedling root rot |
Fusarium avenaceum Gibberella avenacea [teleomorph] |
Gibberella ear and stalk rot | Gibberella zeae Fusarium graminearum [anamorph] |
Gray ear rot | Botryosphaeria zeae = Physalospora zeae Macrophoma zeae [anamorph] |
Gray leaf spot | Cercospora sorghi = Cercospora sorghi |
Helminthosporium root rot | Exserohilum pedicellatum = Helminthosporium pedicellatum Setosphaeria pedicellata [teleomorph] |
Hormodendrum ear rot Cladosporium rot |
Cladosporium cladosporioides = Hormodendrum cladosporioides Cladosporium herbarum |
Hyalothyridium leaf spot | Hyalothyridium maydis |
Late wilt | Cephalosporium maydis |
Leaf spots, minor | Alternaria alternata Ascochyta maydis |
Northern corn leaf blight White blast |
Setosphaeria turcica Exserohilum turcicum [anamorph] = Helminthosporium turcicum |
Northern corn leaf spot Helminthosporium ear rot (race 1) |
Cochliobolus carbonum Bipolaris zeicola [anamorph] = Helminthosporium carbonum |
Penicillium ear rot Blue eye |
Penicillium spp. Penicillium chrysogenum |
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 |
Pythium root rot | Pythium spp. |
Pythium stalk rot | Pythium aphanidermatum = Pythium butleri |
Red kernel disease Ear mold, leaf and seed rot |
Epicoccum nigrum |
Rhizoctonia ear rot Sclerotial rot |
Rhizoctonia zeae Waitea circinata [teleomorph] |
Rhizoctonia root rot and stalk rot | Rhizoctonia solani |
Root rots, minor | Alternaria alternata Cercospora sorghi |
Rostratum leaf spot Helminthosporium leaf disease, ear and stalk rot |
Setosphaeria rostrata = 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 [teleomorph] |
Seed rot-seedling blight | Bipolaris sorokiniana Bipolaris zeicola = Helminthosporium carbonum |
Selenophoma leaf spot | Selenophoma sp. |
Sheath rot | Gaeumannomyces graminis |
Shuck rot | Myrothecium gramineum |
Silage mold | Monascus purpureus Monascus ruber |
Smut, common | Ustilago zeae = Ustilago maydis |
Smut, false | Ustilaginoidea virens |
Smut, head | Sphacelotheca reiliana = Sporisorium holci-sorghi |
Southern corn leaf blight and stalk rot | Cochliobolus heterostrophus Bipolaris maydis [anamorph] = Helminthosporium maydis |
Southern leaf spot | Stenocarpella macrospora = Diplodia macrospora |
Stalk rots, minor | Cercospora sorghi Fusarium episphaeria |
Storage rots | Aspergillus spp. Penicillium spp. and other fungi |
Tar spot | Phyllachora maydis Monographella maydis Coniothyrium phyllachorae[1][2] |
Trichoderma ear rot and root rot | Trichoderma viride = Trichoderma lignorum Hypocrea sp. [teleomorph] |
White ear rot, root and stalk rot | Stenocarpella maydis = Diplodia zeae |
Yellow leaf blight | Ascochyta ischaemi Phyllosticta maydis |
Zonate leaf spot | Gloeocercospora sorghi |
Nematodes, Parasitic
Nematodes, Parasitic | |
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Awl | Dolichodorus spp. D. heterocephalus |
Bulb and stem | Ditylenchus dipsaci |
Burrowing | Radopholus similis |
Cyst | Heterodera avenae H. zeae |
Dagger | Xiphinema spp. X. americanum X. mediterraneum |
False root-knot | Nacobbus dorsalis |
Lance, Columbia | Hoplolaimus columbus |
Lance | Hoplolaimus spp. H. galeatus |
Lesion | Pratylenchus spp. P. brachyurus |
Needle | Longidorus spp. L. breviannulatus |
Ring | Criconemella spp. C. ornata |
Root-knot | Meloidogyne spp. M. chitwoodi |
Spiral | Helicotylenchus spp. |
Sting | Belonolaimus spp. |
Stubby-root | Paratrichodorus spp. P. christiei |
Stunt | Tylenchorhynchus dubius |
Virus and virus-like diseases
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 (BSMV) |
Barley yellow dwarf | Barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV) |
Brome mosaic | Brome mosaic virus (BMV) |
Cereal chlorotic mottle | Cereal chlorotic mottle virus (CCMV) |
Corn lethal necrosis (Maize Lethal Necrosis Disease) | Virus complex (Maize chlorotic mottle virus [MCMV] and Maize dwarf mosaic virus [MDMV] A or B or Wheat streak mosaic virus [WSMV]) |
Cucumber mosaic | Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) |
Johnsongrass mosaic | Johnsongrass mosaic virus (JGMV) |
Maize bushy stunt | Mycoplasmalike organism (MLO), assoc. |
Maize chlorotic dwarf | Maize chlorotic dwarf virus (MCDV) |
Maize chlorotic mottle | Maize chlorotic mottle virus (MCMV) |
Maize dwarf mosaic | Maize dwarf mosaic virus (MDMV) strains A, D, E and F |
Maize leaf fleck | Maize leaf fleck virus (MLFV) |
Maize line* | Maize line virus (MLV) |
Maize mosaic (corn leaf stripe, enanismo rayado) | Maize mosaic virus (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 (now known as Wheat mosaic virus | Wheat mosaic virus (WMoV) |
Maize ring mottle | Maize ring mottle virus (MRMV) |
Maize rough dwarf (nanismo ruvido) | Maize rough dwarf virus (MRDV) |
Maize sterile stunt | Maize sterile stunt virus (strains of barley yellow striate virus) |
Maize streak | Maize streak virus (MSV) |
Maize stripe (maize chlorotic stripe, maize hoja blanca) | Maize stripe virus |
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 (MWLMV) |
Millet red leaf | Millet red leaf virus (MRLV) |
Northern cereal mosaic | Northern cereal mosaic virus (NCMV) |
Oat pseudorosette (zakuklivanie) | Oat pseudorosette virus |
Oat sterile dwarf | Oat sterile dwarf virus (OSDV) |
Rice black-streaked dwarf | Rice black-streaked dwarf virus (RBSDV) |
Rice stripe | Rice stripe virus (RSV) |
Sorghum mosaic | Sorghum mosaic virus (SrMV), formerly sugarcane mosaic virus (SCMV) strains H, I and M |
Sugarcane Fiji disease | Sugarcane Fiji disease virus (FDV) |
Sugarcane mosaic | Sugarcane mosaic virus (SCMV) strains A, B, D, E, SC, BC, Sabi and MB (formerly MDMV-B) |
Wheat mosaic | Wheat mosaic virus (WMoV) |
See also
- Agriculture and Agronomy portal
References
- ↑ Hock, J; Kranz, J (1995). "Studies on the epidemiology of the tar spot disease complex of maize in Mexico". Plant Pathology. British Society for Plant Pathology. 44 (3): 490–502. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3059.1995.tb01671.x.
- ↑ Chalkley, D. "Invasive fungi. Tar spot of corn - Phyllachora maydis". Systematic Mycology and Microbiology Laboratory, ARS, USDA. Retrieved 19 July 2016.