List of safflower diseases

This article is a list of diseases of safflowers (Carthamus tinctorius).

Bacterial diseases

Bacterial diseases
Bacterial leaf spot and stem blight	Pseudomonas syringae

Fungal diseases
Alternaria leaf spot	Alternaria carthami
Botrytis hard rot	Botrytis cinerea Botryotinia fuckeliana [teleomorph]
Cercospora leaf spot	Cercospora spp.
Charcoal rot	Macrophomina phaseolina
Damping-off	Pythium spp. Phytophthora spp.
Fusarium wilt	Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. carthami
Phytophthora root and stem rot	Phytophthora spp. Phytophthora cactorum Phytophthora cryptogea Phytophthora drechsleri Phytophthora nicotianae var. parasitica = Phytophthora parasitica
Pythium root rot	Pythium spp.
Powdery mildew	Erysiphe cichoracearum Oidium asteris-punicei [anamorph]
Ramularia leaf spot	Ramularia spp.
Rhizoctonia blight, stem canker	Rhizoctonia solani Thanatephorus cucumeris [teleomorph]
Rust (foliage and hypocotyl)	Puccinia calcitrapae var. centaureae = Puccinia carthami Puccinia verruca
Sclerotinia stem rot and head blight	Sclerotinia sclerotiorum
Septoria leaf spot	Septoria spp.
Verticillium wilt	Verticillium dahliae

Nematodes, parasitic
Root-knot	Meloidogyne spp.

Viral and mycoplasmalike organism [MLO] diseases
Alfalfa mosaic	Alfalfa mosaic virus
Cucumber mosaic	Cucumber mosaic virus
Lettuce mosaic and necrosis	Lettuce mosaic virus
Phyllody	Phytoplasma
Turnip mosaic and necrosis	Turnip mosaic virus