This article is a list of diseases of rice (Oryza sativa). Diseases have historically been one of the major causes of rice shortages.

Bacterial diseases

Bacterial diseases
Bacterial blightXanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae = X. campestris pv. oryzae
Bacterial leaf streakXanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzicola
Foot rotDickeya dadantii/Erwinia chrysanthemi
Grain rotBurkholderia glumae
Pecky rice (kernel spotting)Damage by bacteria (see also under fungal and miscellaneous diseases)
Sheath brown rotPseudomonas fuscovaginae

Fungal diseases

Fungal diseases
Aggregate sheathCeratobasidium oryzae-sativae Rhizoctonia oryzae-sativae [anamorph]
Black horse ridingCurvularia lunata Cochliobolus lunatus [teleomorph]
Blast (leaf, neck [rotten neck], nodal and collar)Pyricularia grisea = Pyricularia oryzae Magnaporthe grisea [teleomorph]
Brown spotCochliobolus miyabeanus Bipolaris oryzae [anamorph]
Crown sheath rotGaeumannomyces graminis
Downy mildewSclerophthora macrospora
EyespotDrechslera gigantea
False smutUstilaginoidea virens
Kernel smutTilletia barclayana = Neovossia horrida
Leaf smutEntyloma oryzae
Leaf scaldMicrodochium oryzae = Rhynchosporium oryzae
Narrow brown leaf spotCercospora janseana = Cercospora oryzae Sphaerulina oryzina [teleomorph]
Pecky rice (kernel spotting)Damage by many fungi including Cochliobolus miyabeanus Curvularia spp. Fusarium spp. Microdochium oryzae Sarocladium oryzae and other fungi.
Root rotsFusarium spp. Pythium spp. P. dissotocum P. spinosum
RustRice is immune to rusts.
Seedling blightCochliobolus miyabeanus Curvularia spp. Fusarium spp. Rhizoctonia solani Athelia rolfsii and other pathogenic fungi.
Sheath blightRhizoctonia solani
Sheath rotSarocladium oryzae = Acrocylindrium oryzae
Sheath spotWaitea oryzae
Stackburn (Alternaria leaf spot)Alternaria padwickii
Stem rotMagnaporthe salvinii Sclerotium oryzae [synanamorph]
Water-mold (seed-rot and seedling disease)Achlya conspicua A. klebsiana Fusarium spp. Pythium spp. P. dissotocum P. spinosum

Viruses

Miscellaneous diseases and disorders

Miscellaneous diseases and disorders
Alkalinity or salt damageExcessive salt concentration in soil or water
BronzingZinc deficiency
Cold injuryLow temperatures
Panicle blightCause undetermined
golden apple snailPomacea canaliculata
Pecky rice (kernel spotting)Feeding injury by rice stink bug, Oebalus pugnax
Rice tungroComplex virus (Rice tungro bacilliform virus and Rice tungro spherical virus) transmitted by green leafhopper Nephotettix spp.)
StraightheadArsenic induced, unknown physiological disorder
White tip (see nematodes)Aphelenchoides besseyi

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