Soybean plants (Glycine max) are subject to a variety of diseases and pests.
| Bacterial diseases | |
|---|---|
| Bacterial blight | Pseudomonas amygdali pv.glycinea |
| Bacterial pustules | Xanthomonas axonopodis pv.glycines =Xanthomonas campestris pv.glycines =Xanthomonas citri pv.glycines |
| Bacterial tan spot | Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens pv.flaccumfaciens =Corynebacterium flaccumfaciens pv.flaccumfaciens |
| Bacterial wilt | Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens pv.flaccumfaciens Ralstonia solanacearum =Pseudomonas solanacearum |
| Wildfire | Pseudomonas syringae pv.tabaci |
| Fungal diseases | |
|---|---|
| Alternaria leaf spot | Alternaria spp.[citation needed] |
| Anthracnose | Colletotrichum truncatum |
| Black leaf blight | |
| Black root rot | Thielaviopsis basicola |
| Brown spot | Septoria glycines |
| Brown stem rot | |
| Charcoal rot[1] | |
| Choanephora leaf blight | |
| Damping-off | Rhizoctonia solani |
| Downy mildew | |
| Drechslera blight | |
| Frogeye leaf spot | |
| Fusarium root rot[citation needed] | Fusarium spp. |
| Leptosphaerulina leaf spot | |
| Mycoleptodiscus root rot | |
| Neocosmospora stem rot | Neocosmospora vasinfecta |
| Phomopsis seed decay | Phomopsis spp. |
| Phytophthora root and stem rot[1] | |
| Phyllosticta leaf spot | |
| Phymatotrichum root rot = cotton root rot | Phymatotrichopsis omnivora |
| Pod and stem blight | Diaporthe phaseolorum |
| Powdery mildew | |
| Purple seed stain | |
| Pyrenochaeta leaf spot | |
| Pythium rot | Pythium aphanidermatum |
| Red crown rot | Cylindrocladium crotalariae |
| Red leaf blotch = Dactuliophora leaf spot | Dactuliochaeta glycines |
| Rhizoctonia aerial blight | Rhizoctonia solani |
| Rhizoctonia root and stem rot | |
| Rust | |
| Scab | |
| Sclerotinia stem rot | |
| Southern blight (damping-off and stem rot) = Sclerotium blight[1] | Agroathelia rolfsii [teleomorph] |
| Stem canker | Diaporthe phaseolorum |
| Stemphylium leaf blight | Stemphylium botryosum |
| Sudden death syndrome | |
| Target spot | |
| Yeast spot | Nematospora coryli |
| Nematodes, parasitic[1] | |
|---|---|
| Lance nematode | Hoplolaimus columbus |
| Lesion nematode | Pratylenchus spp. |
| Pin nematode | |
| Reniform nematode | |
| Ring nematode | |
| Root-knot nematode | Meloidogyne arenaria |
| Sheath nematode | Hemicycliophora spp. |
| Soybean cyst nematode | |
| Spiral nematode | Helicotylenchus spp. |
| Sting nematode | |
| Stubby root nematode | |
| Stunt nematode | |