title: List of flax diseases
text: # 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 |
  