Soybean plants (Glycine max) are subject to a variety of diseases and pests.

Bacterial diseases

Bacterial diseases
Bacterial blightPseudomonas amygdali pv. glycinea
Bacterial pustulesXanthomonas axonopodis pv. glycines = Xanthomonas campestris pv. glycines = Xanthomonas citri pv. glycines
Bacterial tan spotCurtobacterium flaccumfaciens pv. flaccumfaciens = Corynebacterium flaccumfaciens pv. flaccumfaciens
Bacterial wiltCurtobacterium flaccumfaciens pv. flaccumfaciens Ralstonia solanacearum = Pseudomonas solanacearum
WildfirePseudomonas syringae pv. tabaci

Fungal diseases

Fungal diseases
Alternaria leaf spotAlternaria spp.[citation needed]
AnthracnoseColletotrichum truncatum Colletotrichum dematium f. truncatum Glomerella glycines Colletotrichum destructivum [anamorph]
Black leaf blightArkoola nigra
Black root rotThielaviopsis basicola Chalara elegans [synanamorph]
Brown spotSeptoria glycines Mycosphaerella usoenskajae [teleomorph]
Brown stem rotPhialophora gregata = Cephalosporium gregatum
Charcoal rotMacrophomina phaseolina
Choanephora leaf blightChoanephora infundibulifera Choanephora trispora
Damping-offRhizoctonia solani Thanatephorus cucumeris [teleomorph] Pythium aphanidermatum Pythium debaryanum Pythium irregulare Pythium myriotylum Pythium ultimum
Downy mildewPeronospora manshurica
Drechslera blightDrechslera glycines
Frogeye leaf spotCercospora sojina
Fusarium root rot [citation needed]Fusarium spp.
Leptosphaerulina leaf spotLeptosphaerulina trifolii
Mycoleptodiscus root rotMycoleptodiscus terrestris
Neocosmospora stem rotNeocosmospora vasinfecta Acremonium spp. [anamorph][citation needed]
Phomopsis seed decayPhomopsis spp.
Phytophthora root and stem rotPhytophthora sojae
Phyllosticta leaf spotPhyllosticta sojaecola
Phymatotrichum root rot = cotton root rotPhymatotrichopsis omnivora = Phymatotrichum omnivorum[citation needed]
Pod and stem blightDiaporthe phaseolorum Phomopsis sojae [anamorph]
Powdery mildewMicrosphaera diffusa
Purple seed stainCercospora kikuchii
Pyrenochaeta leaf spotPyrenochaeta glycines
Pythium rotPythium aphanidermatum Pythium debaryanum Pythium irregulare Pythium myriotylum Pythium ultimum
Red crown rotCylindrocladium crotalariae Calonectria crotalariae [teleomorph]
Red leaf blotch = Dactuliophora leaf spotDactuliochaeta glycines = Pyrenochaeta glycines Dactuliophora glycines [synanamorph]
Rhizoctonia aerial blightRhizoctonia solani Thanatephorus cucumeris [teleomorph]
Rhizoctonia root and stem rotRhizoctonia solani
RustPhakopsora pachyrhizi
ScabSpaceloma glycines
Sclerotinia stem rotSclerotinia sclerotiorum
Southern blight (damping-off and stem rot) = Sclerotium blightAgroathelia rolfsii [teleomorph]
Stem cankerDiaporthe phaseolorum Diaporthe phaseolorum var. caulivora Phomopsis phaseoli [anamorph]
Stemphylium leaf blightStemphylium botryosum Pleospora tarda [teleomorph]
Sudden death syndromeFusarium solani f.sp. glycines
Target spotCorynespora cassiicola
Yeast spotNematospora coryli

Nematodes, parasitic

Nematodes, parasitic
Lance nematodeHoplolaimus columbus Hoplolaimus galeatus Hoplolaimus magnistylus
Lesion nematodePratylenchus spp.
Pin nematodeParatylenchus projectus Paratylenchus tenuicaudatus
Reniform nematodeRotylenchulus reniformis
Ring nematodeCriconemella ornata
Root-knot nematodeMeloidogyne arenaria Meloidogyne hapla Meloidogyne incognita Meloidogyne javanica
Sheath nematodeHemicycliophora spp.
Soybean cyst nematodeHeterodera glycines
Spiral nematodeHelicotylenchus spp.
Sting nematodeBelonolainus gracilis Belonolaimus longicaudatus
Stubby root nematodeParatrichodorus minor
Stunt nematodeQuinisulcius acutus Tylenchorhynchus spp.

Viral diseases

Viral diseases
Alfalfa mosaicgenus Alfamovirus, Alfalfa mosaic virus (AMV)[citation needed]
Bean pod mottlegenus Comovirus, Bean pod mottle virus (BPMV)
Bean yellow mosaicgenus Potyvirus, Bean yellow mosaic virus (BYMV)
Brazilian bud blightgenus Ilarvirus, Tobacco streak virus (TSV)
Cowpea chlorotic mottlegenus Bromovirus, Cowpea chlorotic mottle virus (CCMV)[citation needed]
Mung bean yellow mosaicgenus Begomovirus, Mung bean yellow mosaic virus (MYMV)
Peanut mottlegenus Potyvirus, Peanut mottle virus (PeMoV)
Peanut stripegenus Potyvirus, Peanut stripe virus (PStV)[citation needed]
Peanut stuntgenus Cucumovirus, Peanut stunt virus (PSV)
Soybean chlorotic mottlegenus Caulimovirus, Soybean chlorotic mottle virus (SbCMV)
Soybean crinkle leafgenus Begomovirus, Soybean crinkle leaf virus (SCLV)
Soybean dwarfgenus Luteovirus, Soybean dwarf virus (SbDV)
Soybean mosaicgenus Potyvirus, Soybean mosaic virus (SMV)
Soybean severe stuntgenus Nepovirus, Soybean severe stunt virus (SSSV)
Tobacco ringspot = bud blightgenus Nepovirus, Tobacco ringspot virus (TRSV)[citation needed]

See also