Produces toxins that are poisonous to livestock. Pathogen and distribution Information from ARS GRIN and RHZLEG-3
1 Known Hosts
Medicago sativa
alfalfa
No
RHZLEG-2
Pathway not proven. Although a seed pathway has been indicated and seed certification was suggested as a valid management strategy, no research was presented. Seed is a pathway in red clover (RHZLEG-3) but this research on seed transmission did not include alfalfa.
Rhodes, LH and Gerkin DK. 2016. Blackpatch. In, Compendium of Alfalfa Diseases and Pests, Third Edition. Samac, DA, Rhodes, LH and Lamp, WO, eds. The APS Press, St. Paul, MN, USA