John A. Hoes, primary collator (last update 3/10/93)
FUNGAL DISEASES
- Anthracnose
- Colletotrichum lini (Westerdijk) Tochinai
- Basal stem blight
- Phoma spp.
- P. exigua Desmaz. var. linicola (Naumov & Vass.) Maas
- Brown stem blight
- Alternaria linicola Groves & Skolko
- Browning (and) stem break
- Aureobasidium lini (Lafferty) Hermanides-Nijhof
- (teleomorph: Guignardia fulvida F.R. Sanderson)
- Damping-off, root rot, and seedling blight
- Alternaria spp.
- Colletotrichum lini (Westerdijk) Tochinai
- Fusarium spp.
- Pythium spp.
- Rhizoctonia solani Kühn
- (teleomorph: Thanatephorus cucumeris (A.B. Frank) Donk)
- Thielaviopsis basicola (Berk. & Broome) Ferraris
- (synanamorph: Chalara elegans Nag Raj & Kendrick)
- Dieback
- Selenophoma linicola Vanterpool
- Pasmo
- Septoria linicola (Speg.) Garassini
- (teleomorph: Mycosphaerella linicola Naumov)
- Rust
- Melampsora lini (Ehrenb.) Desmaz.
- Stem mold & rot
- Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) deBary
- Wilt
- Fusarium oxysporum Schlechtend.:Fr. f. sp. lini (Bolley) W.C. Snyder & H.N. Hans.
MISCELLANEOUS DISEASES OR DISORDERS
- Boll blight
- Extreme high temperatures
- Chlorosis
- Alkaline and very wet soils; mineral deficiencies; herbicide damage
- Stem girdle
- Extreme high or low temperatures cause cankers at soil level
- Stem twisting and bending
- Herbicide damage and soil and temperature conditions
VIRUS DISEASES
(Also mycoplasmalike organism [MLO])
- Aster yellows
- MLO
- Crinkle
- Oat blue dwarf virus