List of oat diseases
# List of oat diseases

This article is a list of diseases of the cultivated oat Avena sativa.

## Bacterial diseases

Bacterial diseases :

| Bacterial blight (halo blight) | Pseudomonas coronafaciens pv. coronafaciens |
| - | - |
| Bacterial stripe blight | Pseudomonas coronafaciens pv. striafaciens |
| Black chaff and bacterial streak (stripe) | Xanthomonas campestris pv. translucens |

## Fungal diseases

Fungal diseases :

| Anthracnose | Colletotrichum graminicola Glomerella graminicola [teleomorph] |
| - | - |
| Blast | Unfavorable environmental conditions and/or any of several pathogens |
| Downy mildew | Sclerophthora macrospora |
| Ergot | Claviceps purpurea Sphacelia segetum [anamorph] |
| Fusarium foot rot | Fusarium culmorum |
| Head blight | Bipolaris sorokiniana Cochliobolus sativus [teleomorph] Drechslera avenacea Fusarium graminearum Gibberella zeae [teleomorph] Other Fusarium spp. |
| Leaf blotch and crown rot (Helminthosporium leaf blotch) | Drechslera avenacea = Helminthosporium avenaceum Drechslera avenae = Helminthosporium avenae Pyrenophora avenae [teleomorph] |
| Powdery mildew | Erysiphe graminis f. sp. avenae E. graminis Oidium monilioides [anamorph] |
| Red leather disease | Spermospora avenae [anamorph] |
| Rhizoctonia root rot | Rhizoctonia solani Thanatephorus cucumeris [teleomorph] |
| Root rot | Bipolaris sorokiniana Cochliobolus sativus [teleomorph] Fusarium spp. Pythium spp. P. debaryanum P. irregulare P. ultimum |
| Rust, crown | Puccinia coronata |
| Rust, stem | Puccinia graminis |
| Seedling blight | Bipolaris sorokiniana Cochliobolus sativus [teleomorph] Drechslera avenae Fusarium culmorum Pythium spp. Rhizoctonia solani |
| Sharp eyespot | Rhizoctonia cerealis Ceratobasidium cereale [teleomorph] |
| Smut, covered | Ustilago segetum = U. kolleri |
| Smut, loose | Ustilago avenae |
| Snow mold, pink (Fusarium patch) | Microdochium nivale = Fusarium nivale Monographella nivalis [teleomorph] |
| Snow mold, speckled or gray (Typhula blight) | T. idahoensis T. incarnata T. ishikariensis |
| Speckled blotch (Septoria blight) | Stagonospora avenae = Septoria avenae Phaeosphaeria avenaria [teleomorph] |
| Take-all (white head) | Gaeumannomyces graminis var. avenae Other G. graminis strains |
| Victoria blight | Bipolaris victoriae Cochliobolus victoriae [teleomorph] |

## Miscellaneous diseases or disorders

Miscellaneous diseases or disorders :

| Blast | Unfavorable environmental conditions and/or any of several pathogens |
| - | - |
| Gray streak | Manganese deficiency |
| Physiological leaf spot | Genetic predisposition |

## Nematodes

Nematodes, parasitic :

| Bulb and stem | Ditylenchus dipsaci |
| - | - |
| Cyst, oat or cereal | Heterodera avenae |
| Cyst | Heterodera hordecalis Heterodera latipons Punctodera chalcoensis |
| Dagger, American | Xiphinema americanum |
| Lesion | Pratylenchus spp. Pratylenchus thornei |
| Pin | Pratylenchus spp. |
| Ring | Criconemella spp. Nothocriconemella mutabilis and other spp. |
| Root-knot | Meloidogyne spp. M. chitwoodi M. naasi |
| Sheath | Hemicycliophora spp. |
| Spiral | Helicotylenchus spp. |
| Sting | Belonolaimus longicaudatus |
| Stubby-root | Paratrichodorus minor |
| Stunt | Quinisulcius capitatus Tylenchorhynchus spp. Merlinius spp. |

## Viruses

Viruses :

| Oat blue dwarf | Oat blue dwarf virus |
| - | - |
| Oat mosaic | Oat mosaic virus |
| Oat necrotic mottle | Oat necrotic mottle virus |
| Oat red leaf | Barley yellow dwarf virus |
