Other Diseases of Alfalfa & Grain

Alfalfa and Grain

Host Disease Pathogen Occurrence
Alfalfa Bacterial leaf spot
Bacterial wilt
Common leaf spot
Crown rot
Crown wart
Damping off
Dodder
Downy mildew
Mosaic
Root-knot nematode
Root rot
Spring black stem 
Stem blight
Stem canker
Stem nematode
Wilt
Witches broom
Yellow leaf blotch 
Xanthomonas alfalfae  (B)
Clavibacter insidiosum
(F)
Pseudopeziza medicaginis 
(F)
fungal complex
Urophlyctis alfalfae 
(F)
fungal complex
Cuscuta spp. 
(P)
Peronospora trifoliorum 
(F)
virus
Meloidogyne spp.
Phytophthora megasperma 
(F)
Phoma medicaginis 
(F)
Pseudomonas syringae 
(B)
Rhizoctonia sp. 
(F)
Ditylenchus dipsaci
Verticillium albo-atrum  
(F)
phytoplasma
Leptotrochila medicaginis 
(F)
Box Elder Millard
Widespread
Widespread
Widespread
Cache
Widespread
Widespread
Widespread
Widespread
Occasional
Widespread
Widespread
Occasional
Widespread
Widespread
Widespread
Uintah Basin
Occasional
Barley Barley stripe
Barley stripe mosaic
Barley yellow dwarf 
Black chaff
Common foot rot 
Ergot
Foot rot or
  dryland root rot

Fusarium head blight
Loose smut;
  covered smut

Powdery mildew
Scald
Spot blotch
Stripe rust
Take-all
Drechslera graminea  (F)
virus 
virus 
Xanthomonas translucens 
(B)
Helminthosporium sativum  
(F)
Claviceps purpurea 
(F)

Fusarium roseum f. sp. cerealis(F)
Fusarium graminearum 
(F)
Ustilago nuda 
(F)
Ustilago hordei 
(F)

Erysiphe graminis hordeii 
(F)
Rhynchosporium secalis 
(F)
Helminthosporium sativum 
(F)
Puccinia striiformis 
(F)
Gaeumannomyces graminis 
(F)

Box Edler, Utah
Occasional
Widespread
Occasional
Widespread
Cache

Widespread
Occasional
Widespread
Occasional

Widespread
Occasional
Occasional
Occasional
Occasional

Beans See Vegetables    
Clover Powdery mildew Erysiphe polygoni  (F) Widespread
Corn See Vegetables    
Corn silage Silage mold Monascus  sp.  (F) Widespread
Oats Barley yellow dwarf 
Halo blight
Loose smut
Covered smut

Stripe blight
virus 
Pseudomonas coronafaciens  
(B)
Ustilago avenae 
(F)
Ustilago kolleri 
(F)

Pseudomonas striafaciens 
(B)
Occasional
Occasional
Widespread
Occasional

Weber
Potato See Vegetables    
Range and
Pasture Grass
Ergot
Silvertop
Smut
Claviceps sp.  (F)
Unknown
Ustilago sp. 
(F)
Occasional
Occasional
Widespread
Safflower Root rot
Seedborne rust 
Phytophthora spp.  (F)
Puccinia carthami 
(F)
Occasional
Occasional
Wheat Barley yellow dwarf 
Black chaff
Dryland root rot 
Dwarf bunt

Eyespot


Flag smut
Fusarium head blight
Loose smut
Powdery mildew
Common root rot 
Septoria leaf blotch
Silvertop
Snow mold
Stem rust
Stripe rust
Take-all

Wheat streak mosaic 

virus 
Xanthomonas translucens 
(B)
Fusarium sp. 
(F)
Tilletia controversa 
(F)

Pseudocercosporella
herpotrichoides 
(F)

Urocystis tritici 
(F)
Fusarium graminearum 
(F)
Ustilago nuda 
(F)
Erysiphe graminis 
(F)
Helminthosporium sp. 
(F)
Septoria nodorum 
(F)
unknown
Typhula spp. 
(F)
Puccinia graminis 
(F)
Puccinia striiformis 
(F)
Gaeumannomyces graminis 
(F)

virus 

Widespread
Occasional
Occasional
Occasional

Salt Lake


Box Elder Salt Lake
Occasional
Widespread
Widespread
Occasional
Cache
Utah
Occasional
Occasional
Occasional
Occasional

Widespread