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Microdochium nivale (foot rot of cereals )
Microdochium nivale
foot rot of cereals
Calonectria graminicola, Calonectria nivalis, Fusarium nivale, Fusarium nivale f.sp. graminicola, Fusarium nivale var. majus, Fusarium nivale var. nivale, Gerlachia nivalis, Griphosphaeria nivalis, Microdochium nivale, Micronectriella nivalis
Worldwide
AK, CA, ID, MD, MI, MT, NY, ND, OR, WA, WI
2025-10-22
fungus
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Primarily infects Poaceae species, mostly turf grasses, and cereal crops. Main: oats, barley, rye, wheat
MONGNI
Microdochium nivale is a soil- and seed-borne fungus that causes pink snow mold and fusarium patch in cereals and cool-season grasses, especially under cool, wet conditions. It spreads via contaminated seed, soil, and plant debris, leading to leaf blight, crown damage, and patchy turf or stunted seedlings.
1 Known Hosts
Zea mays
corn
Not a host
MONGNI-1, MONGNI-2, MONGNI-3, MONGNI-4
Microdochium nivale primarily affects cool-season grasses and cereals. Although corn is a member of the Poaceae family, there is no evidence that M. nivale causes disease or is seed-borne on corn.
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MONGNI-1
Rawlinson, C.J. and Colhoun, J., 1969. The occurrence of Fusarium nivale in soil. Plant Pathology, 18(1), pp.41-45.
MONGNI-2
Perry, D.A., 1986. Pathogenicity of Monographella nivalis to spring barley. Transactions of the British Mycological Society, 86(2), pp.287-293.
MONGNI-3
Tronsmo, A. M., Hsiang, T., Okuyama, H., & Nakajima, T. (2001). Low temperature diseases caused by Microdochium nivale. Low temperature plant microbe interactions under snow, 75-86.
MONGNI-4
Nielsen, L. K., Justesen, A. F., Jensen, J. D., & Jørgensen, L. N. (2013). Microdochium nivale and Microdochium majus in seed samples of Danish small grain cereals. Crop protection, 43, 192-200.
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