Medicago sativa (lucerne, medick, alfalfa)

Interactions where Medicago sativa is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'References').

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Affected Part	Summary	Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Season	Summary
	is foodplant of larva	Sitona lepidus	a weevil	Coleoptera: Curculionidae	Broad-Nosed Weevils (Entiminae), Morris, M.G., 1997	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Sitona lepidus/	Sitona lepidus	a weevil			larva	Foodplant / feeds on	Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago sativa/	Medicago sativa	lucerne, medick, alfalfa							larva feeds on
	is foodplant of	Hypera meles	a weevil	Coleoptera: Curculionidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Hypera (Dapalinus) meles/	Hypera (Dapalinus) meles	a weevil				Foodplant / feeds on		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago sativa/	Medicago sativa	lucerne, medick, alfalfa							feeds on
	has sap sucked by	Palomena prasina	Green Shieldbug	Hemiptera: Pentatomidae	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Pentatomidae/Palomena prasina/	Palomena prasina	green shieldbug				Foodplant / sap sucker	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago sativa/	Medicago sativa	lucerne, medick, alfalfa							sucks sap of
(live)	live may have	Acyrthosiphon pisum	Pea Aphid	Hemiptera: Aphididae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Acyrthosiphon (Acyrthosiphon) pisum/	Acyrthosiphon (Acyrthosiphon) pisum	pea aphid				Plant / resting place / on		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago sativa/	Medicago sativa	lucerne, medick, alfalfa		live				(winter)	may be found on live
(live)	live is parasitised by sporangium	Peronospora aestivalis	a downy mildew	Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995 A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles, Preece, T.F., 2002	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora aestivalis/	Peronospora aestivalis	a downy mildew			sporangium	Foodplant / parasite	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago sativa/	Medicago sativa	lucerne, medick, alfalfa		live			Sole		sporangium parasitises live
(live)	live is parasitised by sporangium	Peronospora trifoliorum	a downy mildew	Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora trifoliorum/	Peronospora trifoliorum	a downy mildew			sporangium	Foodplant / parasite		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago sativa/	Medicago sativa	lucerne, medick, alfalfa		live					sporangium parasitises live
(live)	live plant may be infected and damaged by buried sclerotium	Sclerotinia trifoliorum	a discomycete	Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae	Sclerotinia trifoliorum, Williams, M.A.J. & Spooner, B.M., 1991	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Sclerotinia trifoliorum/	Sclerotinia trifoliorum	a discomycete	buried		sclerotium	Foodplant / pathogen		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago sativa/	Medicago sativa	lucerne, medick, alfalfa		live		plant			buried sclerotium infects and damages live plant
(live)	live is parasitised by telium	Uromyces pisi-sativi	Pea Rust	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Uromyces pisi-sativi/	Uromyces pisi-sativi	pea rust			telium	Foodplant / parasite		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago sativa/	Medicago sativa	lucerne, medick, alfalfa		live			Minor		telium parasitises live
bud	bud may contain larva	Protapion filirostre	a seed weevil	Coleoptera: Apionidae	Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Protapion filirostre/	Protapion filirostre	a seed weevil			larva	Foodplant / internal feeder	Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago sativa/	Medicago sativa	lucerne, medick, alfalfa			bud				larva feeds within bud
bud (live, conspicously warted)	live, conspicously warted bud is galled by	Physoderma alfalfae	Crown Wart Disease Of Lucerne - causative organism	Blastocladiales: Physodermataceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 British Plant Galls - Identification of galls on plants and fungi, Redfern, M. & Shirley, P., 2002	/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Blastocladiales/Physodermataceae/Physoderma alfalfae/	Physoderma alfalfae	crown wart disease of lucerne (causative organism)				Foodplant / gall	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago sativa/	Medicago sativa	lucerne, medick, alfalfa		live, conspicously warted	bud				causes gall of live, conspicously warted bud
leaf	leaf is mined by larva	Agromyza frontella	a leaf-mining fly	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Agromyza frontella/	Agromyza frontella	a leaf-mining fly			larva	Foodplant / miner		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago sativa/	Medicago sativa	lucerne, medick, alfalfa			leaf		Sole		larva mines leaf
leaf (live, conspicously warted, rudimentary)	live, conspicously warted, rudimentary leaf is galled by resting sporangium	Physoderma alfalfae	Crown Wart Disease Of Lucerne - causative organism	Blastocladiales: Physodermataceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 British Plant Galls - Identification of galls on plants and fungi, Redfern, M. & Shirley, P., 2002	/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Blastocladiales/Physodermataceae/Physoderma alfalfae/	Physoderma alfalfae	crown wart disease of lucerne (causative organism)			resting sporangium	Foodplant / gall	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago sativa/	Medicago sativa	lucerne, medick, alfalfa		live, conspicously warted, rudimentary	leaf				resting sporangium causes gall of live, conspicously warted, rudimentary leaf
leaf (live)	live leaf is mined by larva	Liriomyza congesta	a leaf-mining fly	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Liriomyza congesta/	Liriomyza congesta	a leaf-mining fly			larva	Foodplant / miner		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago sativa/	Medicago sativa	lucerne, medick, alfalfa		live	leaf		Major		larva mines live leaf
leaf (live)	live leaf is spotted by immersed pycnidium of Phyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph	Phyllosticta medicaginis	a coelomycete	Botryosphaeriales: Phyllostictaceae	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995 British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Botryosphaeriales/Phyllostictaceae/Phyllosticta medicaginis/	Phyllosticta medicaginis	a coelomycete	immersed	pycnidium	Phyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago sativa/	Medicago sativa	lucerne, medick, alfalfa		live	leaf				immersed pycnidium of Phyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live)	live leaf is spotted by mainly hypophyllous, punctiform to sub-effuse, greyish white caespituli of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph	Ramularia medicaginis	(A Leaf-spot Fungus)	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia medicaginis/	Ramularia medicaginis	(a leaf-spot fungus)	mainly hypophyllous, punctiform to sub-effuse, greyish white	caespituli	Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer	Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago sativa/	Medicago sativa	lucerne, medick, alfalfa		live	leaf		Major		mainly hypophyllous, punctiform to sub-effuse, greyish white caespituli of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live)	live leaf is spotted by pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph	Stagonospora meliloti	a coelomycete	Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae	Stagonospora meliloti, Punithalingam, E., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Phaeosphaeriaceae/Stagonospora meliloti/	Stagonospora meliloti	a coelomycete		pycnidium	Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago sativa/	Medicago sativa	lucerne, medick, alfalfa		live	leaf				pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live)	live leaf is spotted by erumpent apothecium	Leptotrochila medicaginis	a discomycete	Helotiales: Dermateaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Leptotrochila medicaginis/	Leptotrochila medicaginis	a discomycete	erumpent		apothecium	Foodplant / spot causer		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago sativa/	Medicago sativa	lucerne, medick, alfalfa		live	leaf				erumpent apothecium causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live)	live leaf is spotted by conidioma of Sporonema coelomycetous anamorph	Leptotrochila medicaginis	a discomycete	Helotiales: Dermateaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Leptotrochila medicaginis/	Leptotrochila medicaginis	a discomycete		conidioma	Sporonema coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago sativa/	Medicago sativa	lucerne, medick, alfalfa		live	leaf				conidioma of Sporonema coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live)	live leaf is spotted by apothecium	Pseudopeziza medicaginis	a discomycete	Helotiales: Dermateaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Pseudopeziza medicaginis/	Pseudopeziza medicaginis	a discomycete			apothecium	Foodplant / spot causer		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago sativa/	Medicago sativa	lucerne, medick, alfalfa		live	leaf			(6-12)	apothecium causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live)	live leaf is parasitised by mostly hypophyllous uredium	Uromyces pisi-sativi	Pea Rust	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Uromyces pisi-sativi/	Uromyces pisi-sativi	pea rust	mostly hypophyllous		uredium	Foodplant / parasite		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago sativa/	Medicago sativa	lucerne, medick, alfalfa		live	leaf		Minor		mostly hypophyllous uredium parasitises live leaf
root	root is foodplant of larva	Sitona hispidulus	Clover-root Weevil	Coleoptera: Curculionidae	Broad-Nosed Weevils (Entiminae), Morris, M.G., 1997	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Sitona hispidulus/	Sitona hispidulus	clover-root weevil			larva	Foodplant / feeds on		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago sativa/	Medicago sativa	lucerne, medick, alfalfa			root		Major		larva feeds on root
rootstock	rootstock is foodplant of basally immersed pseudothecium	Byssothecium circinans	an ascomycete	Pleosporales: Massarinaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Massarinaceae/Byssothecium circinans/	Byssothecium circinans	an ascomycete	basally immersed		pseudothecium	Foodplant / feeds on		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago sativa/	Medicago sativa	lucerne, medick, alfalfa			rootstock				basally immersed pseudothecium feeds on rootstock
stem	stem is mined by larva	Ophiomyia curvipalpis	a leaf-mining fly	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Ophiomyia curvipalpis/	Ophiomyia curvipalpis	a leaf-mining fly			larva	Foodplant / miner		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago sativa/	Medicago sativa	lucerne, medick, alfalfa	?		stem				larva mines stem
stem	stem may house puparium	Ophiomyia curvipalpis	a leaf-mining fly	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Ophiomyia curvipalpis/	Ophiomyia curvipalpis	a leaf-mining fly			puparium	Plant / resting place / within		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago sativa/	Medicago sativa	lucerne, medick, alfalfa	?		stem				puparium may be found in stem
stem (live, blackened)	live, blackened stem may be infected and damaged by pycnidium of Phoma coelomycetous anamorph	Phoma medicaginis var medicaginis	"Black Stem Disease" Of Lucerne - causative organism	Pleosporales	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Phoma medicaginis var. medicaginis/	Phoma medicaginis var. medicaginis	"black stem disease" of lucerne (causative organism)		pycnidium	Phoma coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago sativa/	Medicago sativa	lucerne, medick, alfalfa		live, blackened	stem				pycnidium of Phoma coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages live, blackened stem
stem (live, conspicously warted)	live, conspicously warted stem is galled by	Physoderma alfalfae	Crown Wart Disease Of Lucerne - causative organism	Blastocladiales: Physodermataceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 British Plant Galls - Identification of galls on plants and fungi, Redfern, M. & Shirley, P., 2002	/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Blastocladiales/Physodermataceae/Physoderma alfalfae/	Physoderma alfalfae	crown wart disease of lucerne (causative organism)				Foodplant / gall	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago sativa/	Medicago sativa	lucerne, medick, alfalfa		live, conspicously warted	stem				causes gall of live, conspicously warted stem
stem (live)	live stem is foodplant of pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph	Ascochyta imperfecta	a coelomycete	Pleosporales	British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Ascochyta imperfecta/	Ascochyta imperfecta	a coelomycete		pycnidium	Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / feeds on	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago sativa/	Medicago sativa	lucerne, medick, alfalfa		live	stem				pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph feeds on live stem
stem (live)	live stem is spotted by acervulus of Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph	Colletotrichum trifolii	Lucerna Anthracnose - causative organism	Glomerellaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Glomerellaceae/Colletotrichum trifolii/	Colletotrichum trifolii	lucerna anthracnose (causative organism)		acervulus	Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago sativa/	Medicago sativa	lucerne, medick, alfalfa		live	stem				acervulus of Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live stem
stipule (live, conspicously warted)	live, conspicously warted stipule is galled by	Physoderma alfalfae	Crown Wart Disease Of Lucerne - causative organism	Blastocladiales: Physodermataceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 British Plant Galls - Identification of galls on plants and fungi, Redfern, M. & Shirley, P., 2002	/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Blastocladiales/Physodermataceae/Physoderma alfalfae/	Physoderma alfalfae	crown wart disease of lucerne (causative organism)				Foodplant / gall	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago sativa/	Medicago sativa	lucerne, medick, alfalfa		live, conspicously warted	stipule				causes gall of live, conspicously warted stipule

Subtaxon				Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of interactions	No of references
Medicago sativa ssp falcata Sickle Medick				Subspecies		4 trophisms
Medicago sativa ssp sativa Lucerne, Alfalfa				Subspecies		4 trophisms

Species	Medicago sativa (Lucerne, Medick, Alfalfa)
Genus	Medicago (medicks)
Subfamily	FABOIDEAE (vetches, peas and beans)
Family	FABACEAE (vetches, peas, beans, accacias, wattles and sennas)
Order	FABALES (vetches, peas, beans and milkworts)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Medicago sativa L.
(Lucerne, Medick, Alfalfa)

Interactions where Medicago sativa is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Medicago sativa is also a member of:

BioInfo - Wildlife Information (UK)

Author & Year	Title	Source
Braun, U., 1998	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II	Phytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 2, 493pp, IHW-Verlag
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants	Collins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Bullock, J.A., 1992	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations	11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	Fungi of the South East England	383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Grove, W.B., 1935	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia	Vol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press
Moore, W.C., 1959	British Parasitic Fungi	430pp, Cambridge University Press
Morris, M.G., 1990	Orthocerous Weevils	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5 Part 16, 108pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Morris, M.G., 1997	Broad-Nosed Weevils (Entiminae)	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5, Part 17a, 106pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Preece, T.F., 2002	A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles	33pp, British Mycological Society
Punithalingam, E., 1990	Stagonospora meliloti	I.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 1020.
Redfern, M. & Shirley, P., 2002	British Plant Galls - Identification of galls on plants and fungi	AIDGAP Keys, 325pp, Field Studies Council
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles	Wayside & Woodland Series, 1959 edition, 436pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
Spencer, K.A., 1972	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 5(g), 136pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Williams, M.A.J. & Spooner, B.M., 1991	Sclerotinia trifoliorum	I.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 1084.