Medicago sativa ssp falcata (L.) Arcang.
(Sickle Medick)

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

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

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain 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 Indoors etc Season Summary
is parasitised by Foreign Erysiphe pisi var pisi a powdery mildew Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Erysiphe pisi var. pisi/Erysiphe pisi var. pisia powdery mildew Foodplant / parasiteForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago sativa subsp. falcata/Medicago sativa subsp. falcatasickle medick parasitises
may be infected and damaged by colony of Fusarium anamorph Foreign Fusarium poae Carnation Bud Rot, Silvertop Disease (A causative organism) Hypocreales: Nectriaceae New or interesting British fungi, Dennis, R.W.G. & Wakefield, E.M., 1946
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Nectriaceae/Fusarium poae/Fusarium poaecarnation bud rot, silvertop disease (a causative organism)colonyFusarium anamorph Foodplant / pathogenForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago sativa subsp. falcata/Medicago sativa subsp. falcatasickle medick colony of Fusarium anamorph infects and damages
leaf leaf is grazed by larva UK/Ireland Hypera melancholica a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Hypera melancholica/Hypera melancholicaa weevillarva Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago sativa subsp. falcata/Medicago sativa subsp. falcatasickle medickleaf larva grazes on leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by immersed pycnidium of Phyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph Foreign Phyllosticta medicaginis a coelomycete Botryosphaeriales: Phyllostictaceae British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Botryosphaeriales/Phyllostictaceae/Phyllosticta medicaginis/Phyllosticta medicaginisa coelomyceteimmersedpycnidiumPhyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago sativa subsp. falcata/Medicago sativa subsp. falcatasickle medickliveleaf immersed pycnidium of Phyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf

Author & YearTitleSource
Dennis, R.W.G. & Wakefield, E.M., 1946New or interesting British fungiTBMS Vol 29 (3): 141-166.
Grove, W.B., 1935British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidiaVol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press
Ing, B., 1990An Introduction to British Powdery MildewsMycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.
Morris, M.G., 2002True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to SmicronychinaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5, Part 17b, 149pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Medicago sativa ssp falcata (Sickle Medick) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SubspeciesMedicago sativa ssp falcata (Sickle Medick)
SpeciesMedicago sativa (Lucerne, Medick, Alfalfa)
GenusMedicago (medicks)
SubfamilyFABOIDEAE (vetches, peas and beans)
FamilyFABACEAE (vetches, peas, beans, accacias, wattles and sennas)
OrderFABALES (vetches, peas, beans and milkworts)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Medicago sativa ssp falcata (Sickle Medick)

Medicago sativa ssp falcata (Sickle Medick) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Medicago sativa ssp falcata (Sickle Medick):

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