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Diseases of Rye
(Secale cereale L.)

Barry M. Cunfer, primary collator (last update 4/7/93)


BACTERIAL DISEASES

Bacterial streak (black chaff)
Xanthomonas campestris pv. translucens (Jones et al.) Dye
Halo blight
Pseudomonas syringae pv. coronafaciens (Elliott) Young
et al.

FUNGAL DISEASES

Anthracnose
Colletotrichum graminicola (Ces.) G.W. Wilson
(teleomorph: Glomerella graminicola Politis)
Black head molds
Alternaria spp.
Cladosporium herbarum (Pers.:Fr.) Link
(teleomorph: Mycosphaerella tassiana (De Not.) Johans.)
Epicoccum spp.
Sporobolomyces spp.
Stemphylium spp.
Black point
Bipolaris sorokiniana (Sacc.) Shoemaker
(teleomorph: Cochliobolus sativus (Ito & Kuribayashi)
   Drechs. ex Dastur)
Fusarium spp.
Bunt (stinking smut)
Tilletiacaries (DC.) Tul. & C. Tul.
= T. tritici (Bjerk.) G. Wint. in Rabenh.
T. laevis Kühn in Rabenh.
= T. foetida (Wallr.) Liro
Cephalosporium stripe
Hymenula cerealis Ellis & Everh.
= Cephalosporium gramineum Nisikado & Ikata in Nisikado
   et al.
Common root rot and seedling blight
Bipolaris sorokiniana (Sacc.) Shoemaker
= Helminthosporium sativum Pammel et al.
Cottony snow mold (winter crown rot)
Coprinus psychromorbidus Redhead & J.A. Traquair
Dilophospora leaf spot (twist)
Dilophospora alopecuri (Fr.:Fr.) Fr.
Dwarf bunt
Tilletia controversa Kühn in Rabenh.
Ergot
Claviceps purpurea (Fr.:Fr.) Tul.
(anamorph: Sphacelia segetum Lév.)
Fusarium root rot
Fusarium culmorum (W.G. Sm.) Sacc.
Halo spot
Pseudoseptoria donacis (Pass.) Sutton
= Selenophoma donacis (Pass.) Sprague & A.G. Johnson
Karnal bunt (partial bunt)
Neovossia indica (Mitra) Mundkur
= Tilletia indica Mitra
Leaf rust (brown rust)
Puccinia recondita Roberge ex Desmaz.
(anamorph: Aecidium clematidis DC.)
Leaf streak
Cercosporidium graminis (Fuckel) Deighton
= Scolicotrichum graminis Fuckel
Leptosphaeria leaf spot
Phaeosphaeria herpotrichoides (De Not.) L. Holm
= Leptosphaeria herpotrichoides De Not.
Loose smut
Ustilago tritici (Pers.) Rostr.
Pink snow mold (Fusarium patch)
Microdochium nivale (Fr.) Samuels & I.C. Hallet
= Fusarium nivale Ces. ex Berl. & Voglino
(teleomorph: Monographella nivalis (Schaffnit) E. Müller)
Powdery mildew
Erysiphe graminis DC. f. sp. Em. Marchal
Pythium root rot
Pythium aphanidermatum (Edson) Fitzp.
P. arrhenomanes Drechs.
P. debaryanum Auct. non Hesse
P. graminicola Subramanian
P. ultimum Trow
Scab
Gibberella zeae (Schwein.) Petch
(anamorph: Fusarium graminearum Schwabe)
Scald
Rhynchosporium secalis (Oudem.) J.J. Davis
Septoria leaf blotch
Septoria secalis Prill. & Delacr.
Septoria tritici blotch (speckled leaf blotch)
Septoriatritici Roberge in Desmaz.
(teleomorph: Mycosphaerella graminicola (Fuckel) J. Schröt.
   in Cohn)
Sharp eyespot and Rhizoctonia root rot
Rhizoctonia cerealis Van der Hoeven
(teleomorph: Ceratobasidium cereale D. Murray & L.L.
   Burpee)
Snow scald (Sclerotinia snow mold)
Myriosclerotinia borealis (Bubák. & Vleugel) L.M. Kohn
= Sclerotinia borealis Bubák. & Vleugel
Speckled (or gray) snow mold (Typhula blight)
Typhula idahoensis Remsberg
T. incarnata Fr.
T. ishikariensis Imai
T. ishikariensis Imai var. canadensis J.D. Smith & Arsvoll in
   Arsvoll & J.D. Smith
Spot blotch
Bipolaris sorokiniana (Sacc.) Shoemaker
Stagonospora blotch (glume blotch)
Stagonospora nodorum (Berk.) Castellani & E.G. Germano
= Septoria nodorum Berk. in Berk. & Broome
(teleomorph: Phaeosphaeria nodorum (E. Müller)
   Hedjaroude
= Leptosphaeria nodorum E. Müller)
Stalk smut (stripe smut)
Urocystis occulta (Wallr.) Rabenh. ex Fuckel
Stem rust
Puccinia graminis Pers.:Pers.
= P. graminis Pers. f. sp. secalis Eriks. & E. Henn.
Storage molds
Alternaria spp.
Aspergillus spp.
Epicoccum spp.
Nigrospora spp.
Penicillium spp.
Rhizopus spp.
Strawbreaker (eyespot or foot rot)
Pseudocercosporella herpotrichoides (Fron) Deighton
Stripe rust (yellow rust)
Puccinia striiformis Westend.
(anamorph: Uredo glumarum J.C. Schmidt)
Take-all
Gaeumannomyces graminis (Sacc.) Arx & Olivier var. tritici J. Walker
Tan spot (yellow leaf spot)
Pyrenophora tritici-repentis (Died.) Drechs.
(anamorph: Drechslera tritici-repentis (Died.) Shoemaker
= Helminthosporium tritici-repentis Died.)

NEMATODES, PARASITIC

Cereal cyst
Heterodera avenae Wollenweber
Leaf and stem
Ditylenchus dipsaci (Kühn) Filipjev
Root gall
Subanguina radicicola (Greeff) Paramonov
Root knot
Meloidogyne spp.
Seed gall
Anguina tritici (Steinbuch) Chitwood

VIRUS DISEASES

Barley yellow dwarf
Barley yellow dwarf virus
Soilborne mosaic
Wheat soilborne mosaic virus
Wheat streak mosaic
Wheat streak mosaic virus