List of maize diseases

Bacterial diseases[]

Bacterial diseases
Bacterial leaf blight and stalk rot	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 Erwinia chrysanthemi pv. zeae
Bacterial stripe	Pseudomonas andropogonis
Chocolate spot	Pseudomonas syringae pv. coronafaciens
Goss's bacterial wilt and blight (leaf freckles and wilt)^[1]	Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. nebraskensis^[2] = Corynebacterium michiganense pv. nebraskense
Holcus spot	Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae van Hall
Purple leaf sheath	Hemiparasitic bacteria
Seed rot-seedling blight	Bacillus subtilis
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
Anthracnose leaf blight Anthracnose stalk rot	Colletotrichum graminicola Glomerella graminicola [teleomorph] Glomerella tucumanensis [anamorph]
Aspergillus ear and kernel rot	Aspergillus flavus
Banded leaf and sheath spot	Rhizoctonia solani = 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 Stalk rot	Physoderma maydis
Cephalosporium kernel rot	Acremonium strictum = Cephalosporium acremonium
Charcoal rot	Macrophomina phaseolina
Corticium ear rot	Thanatephorus cucumeris =
Curvularia leaf spot	= Cochliobolus eragrostidis [teleomorph] Curvularia inaequalis [teleomorph] Curvularia lunata Cochliobolus lunatus [teleomorph] Curvularia pallescens [teleomorph] Curvularia senegalensis Curvularia tuberculata Cochliobolus tuberculatus [teleomorph]
Didymella leaf spot
Diplodia ear rot and stalk rot	[teleomorph]
Diplodia ear rot Stalk rot Seed rot Seedling blight
Diplodia leaf spot or leaf streak	=
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	=
Philippine downy mildew	Peronosclerospora philippinensis = Sclerospora philippinensis
Sorghum downy mildew	Peronosclerospora sorghi =
Spontaneum downy mildew	=
Sugarcane downy mildew	Peronosclerospora sacchari = Sclerospora sacchari
...
Dry ear rot Cob, kernel and stalk rot	Nigrospora oryzae Khuskia oryzae [teleomorph]
Ear rots, minor	Alternaria alternata = Alternaria tenuis Aspergillus glaucus Aspergillus niger Aspergillus spp. Botrytis cinerea Botryotinia fuckeliana [teleomorph] Cunninghamella sp. Curvularia pallescens Doratomyces stemonitis = Fusarium culmorum Rhizopus microsporus Rhizopus stolonifer = Rhizopus nigricans
Ergot Horse's tooth	sp. [anamorph]
Eyespot	=
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	= [anamorph]
Corn grey leaf spot Gray leaf spot Cercospora leaf spot	Cercospora sorghi = Cercospora sorghi Cercospora zeae-maydis^[3]
Helminthosporium root rot	= [teleomorph]
Hormodendrum ear rot Cladosporium ear rot	Cladosporium cladosporioides = Hormodendrum cladosporioides Cladosporium herbarum Mycosphaerella tassiana [teleomorph]
Hyalothyridium leaf spot
Late wilt
Leaf spots, minor	Alternaria alternata Ascochyta tritici Bipolaris victoriae = Helminthosporium victoriae Cochliobolus victoriae [teleomorph] Cochliobolus sativus Bipolaris sorokiniana [anamorph] = Helminthosporium sorokinianum = H. sativum Epicoccum nigrum = [teleomorph] sp. [anamorph] Phoma sp.
Northern corn leaf blight White blast Crown stalk rot Stripe	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 Blue mold	Penicillium spp. Penicillium chrysogenum Penicillium expansum Penicillium oxalicum
Phaeocytostroma stalk rot and root rot	=
Phaeosphaeria leaf spot	=
Physalospora ear rot Botryosphaeria ear rot	= [anamorph]
Purple leaf sheath	Hemiparasitic bacteria and fungi
Pyrenochaeta stalk rot and root rot	Phoma terrestris = Pyrenochaeta terrestris
Pythium root rot	Pythium spp. Pythium arrhenomanes Pythium graminicola
Pythium stalk rot	Pythium aphanidermatum =
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 Rhizoctonia zeae
Root rots, minor	Alternaria alternata Cercospora sorghi Fusarium acuminatum Gibberella acuminata [teleomorph] Fusarium equiseti Gibberella intricans [teleomorph] Fusarium oxysporum Fusarium pallidoroseum Fusarium roseum Fusarium sulphureum [anamorph] Microdochium bolleyi Mucor sp. Periconia circinata Phytophthora cactorum Phytophthora drechsleri Phytophthora nicotianae Rhizopus arrhizus
Rostratum leaf spot Helminthosporium leaf disease, ear and stalk rot	Setosphaeria rostrata = Helminthosporium rostratum
Rust, common corn	Puccinia sorghi
Rust, southern corn
Rust, tropical corn	=
Sclerotium ear rot Southern blight	Sclerotium rolfsii Athelia rolfsii [teleomorph]
Seed rot-seedling blight	Bipolaris sorokiniana Bipolaris zeicola = Helminthosporium carbonum Exserohilum turcicum = Helminthosporium turcicum Fusarium avenaceum Fusarium culmorum Fusarium moniliforme Gibberella zeae Fusarium graminearum [anamorph] Macrophomina phaseolina Penicillium spp. Phomopsis spp. Pythium spp. Rhizoctonia solani Rhizoctonia zeae Sclerotium rolfsii spp.
Selenophoma leaf spot	sp.
Sheath rot	Gaeumannomyces graminis
Shuck rot
Silage mold	Monascus purpureus
Smut, common	= 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	=
Stalk rots, minor	Cercospora sorghi Fusarium merismoides Fusarium oxysporum Fusarium roseum Fusarium solani Nectria haematococca [teleomorph] Fusarium tricinctum Mariannaea elegans Mucor spp. spp.
Storage rots	Aspergillus spp. Penicillium spp. and other fungi
Tar spot	Phyllachora maydis ^[4]^[5]
Trichoderma ear rot and root rot	Trichoderma viride = Trichoderma lignorum Hypocrea sp. [teleomorph]
White ear rot, root and stalk rot	Stenocarpella maydis =
Yellow leaf blight	[teleomorph]
Zonate leaf spot	Gloeocercospora sorghi

Nematodes, Parasitic[]

Nematodes, Parasitic
Awl	Dolichodorus spp. D. heterocephalus
Bulb and stem	Ditylenchus dipsaci
Burrowing	Radopholus similis
Cyst	Heterodera avenae H. zeae Punctodera chalcoensis
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 P. crenatus P. hexincisus P. neglectus P. penetrans P. scribneri P. thornei P. zeae
Needle	Longidorus spp. L. breviannulatus
Ring	Criconemella spp. C. ornata
Root-knot	Meloidogyne spp. M. chitwoodi M. incognita M. javanica
Spiral	Helicotylenchus spp.
Sting	Belonolaimus spp. B. longicaudatus
Stubby-root	Paratrichodorus spp. P. christiei P. minor Quinisulcius acutus Trichodorus spp.
Stunt	Tylenchorhynchus dubius

Virus and virus-like diseases[]

Virus and virus-like diseases
American wheat striate (wheat striate 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	(MLFV)
Maize line*	Maize line virus (MLV)
Maize mosaic (corn leaf stripe, enanismo rayado)	Maize mosaic virus (MMV)
Maize pellucid ringspot	(MPRV)
Maize rayado fino (fine striping disease)	(MRFV)
Maize red leaf and red stripe	Mollicute?
Maize red stripe (now known as Wheat mosaic virus	Wheat mosaic virus (WMoV)
Maize ring mottle	(MRMV)
Maize rough dwarf (nanismo ruvido)	Maize rough dwarf virus (MRDV)
Maize sterile stunt	(strains of )
Maize streak	Maize streak virus (MSV)
Maize stripe (maize chlorotic stripe, maize hoja blanca)	Maize stripe virus
Maize tassel abortion	(MTAV)
Maize vein enation	(MVEV)
Maize wallaby ear	(MWEV)
Maize white leaf
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	(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 (disambiguation) (WMoV)

References[]

^ "Goss's Wilt of Corn". . Retrieved 2021-07-15.
^ Eichenlaub, Rudolf; Gartemann, Karl-Heinz (2011-09-08). "The Clavibacter michiganensis Subspecies: Molecular Investigation of Gram-Positive Bacterial Plant Pathogens". Annual Review of Phytopathology. Annual Reviews. 49 (1): 445–464. doi:10.1146/annurev-phyto-072910-095258. ISSN 0066-4286. PMID 21438679. S2CID 207707582.
^ Crous, Pedro W.; Groenewald, Johannes Z.; Groenewald, Marizeth; Caldwell, Pat; Braun, Uwe; Harrington, Thomas C. (1 May 2006). "Species of Cercospora associated with grey leaf spot of maize". Studies in Mycology. Westerdijk Institute (Elsevier). 55: 189–197. doi:10.3114/sim.55.1.189. PMC 2104713. PMID 18490979. S2CID 31494639.
^ 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.

Common Names of Diseases, The American Phytopathological Society

[Crop-Prot-Net-1] "Goss's Wilt of Corn". . Retrieved 2021-07-15.

[Eichenlaub-Gartemann-2011-2] Eichenlaub, Rudolf; Gartemann, Karl-Heinz (2011-09-08). "The Clavibacter michiganensis Subspecies: Molecular Investigation of Gram-Positive Bacterial Plant Pathogens". Annual Review of Phytopathology. Annual Reviews. 49 (1): 445–464. doi:10.1146/annurev-phyto-072910-095258. ISSN 0066-4286. PMID 21438679. S2CID 207707582.

[Crous-Groenewald-Groenewald-Caldwell-2006-3] Crous, Pedro W.; Groenewald, Johannes Z.; Groenewald, Marizeth; Caldwell, Pat; Braun, Uwe; Harrington, Thomas C. (1 May 2006). "Species of Cercospora associated with grey leaf spot of maize". Studies in Mycology. Westerdijk Institute (Elsevier). 55: 189–197. doi:10.3114/sim.55.1.189. PMC 2104713. PMID 18490979. S2CID 31494639.

[tar-spot-4] 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.

[tar-spot-2-5] Chalkley, D. "Invasive fungi. Tar spot of corn - Phyllachora maydis". Systematic Mycology and Microbiology Laboratory, ARS, USDA. Retrieved 19 July 2016.

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