List of flax diseases
# List of flax diseases

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

## Fungal diseases

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

Virus and mycoplasmalike organism (MLO) diseases :

| Aster yellows | Phytoplasma |
| - | - |
| Crinkle | Oat blue dwarf virus |

## Miscellaneous diseases or disorders

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 |
