List of flax diseases

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This article is a list of diseases of flax (Linum usitatissimum and other Linum spp.).

## Fungal diseases

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Fungal diseases

Anthracnose  | Colletotrichum lini
Basal stem blight  |

Phoma spp.
Phoma exigua var. linicola

Brown stem blight  | Alternaria linicola
Browning (and) stem break  | Aureobasidium lini

Guignardia fulvida [teleomorph]

Damping-off, root rot, and seedling blight  | Alternaria spp.

Colletotrichum lini
Fusarium spp.
Pythium spp.
Rhizoctonia solani
Thanatephorus cucumeris [teleomorph]
Thielaviopsis basicola
Chalara elegans [synanamorph]

Dieback  | Selenophoma linicola
Pasmo  | Septoria linicola

Mycosphaerella linicola [teleomorph]

Rust  | Melampsora lini

= Melampsora lini var. lini

Stem mold & rot  | Sclerotinia sclerotiorum
Wilt  | Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lini

## Virus and phytoplasma diseases

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Virus and mycoplasmalike organism (MLO) diseases

Aster yellows | Phytoplasma
Crinkle  | Oat blue dwarf virus

## Miscellaneous diseases or disorders

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Miscellaneous diseases or disorders

Boll blight  | Extreme high temperatures
Chlorosis  | Alkaline and very wet soils; mineral deficiencies; herbicide damage
Extreme high or low temperatures cause cankers at soil level
Stem twisting and bending  | Herbicide damage and soil and temperature conditions

## See also

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* Teleomorph, anamorph and holomorph

## References

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## External links

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* Common Names of Diseases, The American Phytopathological Society