Disease management

Diseases and potential for cross infection from other pulses

Disease

Lentils

Peas

Faba beans

Vetch

Chickpeas

Lupins

Botrytis grey mould

Botrytis cinerea

**

*

**

**

**

*

Botrytis fabae

**

NH

**

**

NH

NH

Sclerotinia

Sclerotinia sclerotiorium

**

**

*

*

**

**

Bacterial blight

Pseudomonas syringae pv. syrinae

**

**

NH

NH

NH

NH

Ascochyta blight

Ascochyta lentis

**

NH

NH

NH

NH

NH

Phoma blight

Phoma medicaginis var pinodella

*

**

**

*

**

*

Grey leaf spot

Stemphylium botryosum

**

NH

NH

NH

*

**

Virus

Cucumber mosaic virus

**

NH

*

NH

NH

**

Lueteo virus complex (e.g. BLRV and BWYV)

*

**

**

**

**

NH

Alfalfa mosaic virus

**

NH

*

*

**

NH

Root rots

Fusarium ssp.

*

*

*

*

*

*

Pythium ssp.

*

*

*

*

*

*

Rhizoctonia ssp.

**

**

**

**

*

**

Botrytis seedling blight

**

*

**

*

**

*

 

NH (Not a host) * This disease occurs on this crop but has not caused major damage ** This disease has caused major damage on this crop

Ref: Grain Legume Handbook