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Alfalfa/lucerne (Medicago sativa) - (Forage/fodder crops)

List of diseases:

Ascomycota (other orders)
Ascomycota - Dothideomycetes
Ascomycota - Leotiomycetes
Ascomycota - Sordariomycetes
Bacteria
Basidiomycota
Other fungal-like organisms
Other plant diseases
Plant parasitic nematodes
Plant viruses

(Detailed information on all pests, diseases and weeds can be found in the downloadable Excel files)
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Ascomycota (other orders):

Mycoleptodiscus terrestris
Phymatotrichopsis omnivora

Ascomycota - Dothideomycetes:

Acrocalymma medicaginis
Alternaria longipes
Ascochyta medicaginicola
Boeremia exigua
Cercospora medicaginis
Cladosporium tenuissimum
Curvularia buchloes
Leptosphaeria pratensis/Stagonospora meliloti
Leptosphaeria sclerotioides
Leptosphaerulina australis
Leptosphaerulina trifolii
Macrophomina phaseolina
Paraphoma radicina
Stemphylium botryosum
Stemphylium globuliferum
Stemphylium vesicarium
Trematosphaeria circinans

Ascomycota - Leotiomycetes:

Botrytis cinerea
Erysiphe pisi
Leptotrochila medicaginis
Oidium (anamorphic genus)
Pseudopeziza medicaginis
Sclerotinia minor
Sclerotinia sclerotiorum
Sclerotinia trifoliorum

Ascomycota - Sordariomycetes:

Calonectria ilicicola
Colletotrichum americae-borealis
Colletotrichum destructivum
Colletotrichum gloeosporioides
Colletotrichum lini
Colletotrichum lupini
Colletotrichum trifolii
Colletotrichum truncatum
Fusarium (genus)
Fusarium avenaceum
Fusarium commune
Fusarium incarnatum
Fusarium oxysporum
Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lupini
Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. medicaginis
Fusarium tricinctum
Gibellulopsis nigrescens
Neocosmospora solani
Plectosphaerella cucumerina
Soybean sudden death syndrome
Verticillium alboatrum
Verticillium alfalfae

Bacteria:

Clavibacter insidiosus
Enterobacter cloacae
Erwinia persicina
Erwinia rhapontici
Pseudomonas syringae
Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae
Pseudomonas viridiflava
Xanthomonas alfalfae
Xanthomonas euvesicatoria
Xanthomonas phaseoli
Xylella fastidiosa

Basidiomycota:

Athelia rolfsii
Coprinus psychromorbidus
Helicobasidium purpureum
Rhizoctonia AG-K
Rhizoctonia solani
Uromyces striatus

Other fungal-like organisms:

Aphanomyces euteiches
Globisporangium cryptoirregulare
Globisporangium irregulare
Globisporangium paroecandrum
Globisporangium sylvaticum
Globisporangium ultimum
Peronospora aestivalis
Peronospora trifoliorum
Phytophthora cactorum
Phytophthora inundata
Phytophthora medicaginis
Phytophthora megasperma
Phytophthora multivora
Phytophthora nicotianae
Pythium aphanidermatum
Pythium coloratum
Pythium myriotylum

Other plant diseases:

16SrI phytoplasma group
16SrII phytoplasma group
16SrIII phytoplasma group
16SrV phytoplasma group
16SrVII phytoplasma group
16SrXII phytoplasma group
Alfalfa witches’-broom phytoplasma
Argentinean Alfalfa witches'-broom phytoplasma
Australian lucerne yellows phytoplasma
Crown rot of alfalfa
Phytoplasma asteris
Phytoplasma aurantifolia
Phytoplasma australiense

Plant parasitic nematodes:

Aphelenchoides ritzemabosi
Belonolaimus longicaudatus
Ditylenchus dipsaci
Heterodera medicaginis
Longidorus elongatus
Meloidogyne (genus)
Meloidogyne chitwoodi
Meloidogyne hapla
Meloidogyne incognita
Meloidogyne javanica
Paratrichodorus allius
Pratylenchus neglectus
Pratylenchus penetrans
Pratylenchus zeae

Plant viruses:

Alfalfa dwarf cytorhabdovirus
Alfalfa enamovirus 1
Alfalfa leaf curl virus
Alfalfa mosaic virus
Alfalfa virus S
Bean leafroll virus
Beet western yellows virus
Cucumber mosaic virus
Cucurbit yellow stunting disorder virus
Lucerne transient streak virus
Medicago sativa amalgavirus 1
Pea streak virus
Peanut stunt virus
Red clover vein mosaic virus
Snake River alfalfa virus
Soybean dwarf virus
Sweet potato chlorotic stunt virus
Sweet potato feathery mottle virus
Sweet potato leaf curl virus
Turnip yellows virus