The plant parasite species Pythium lurks in virtually every agricultural field and commonly causes damping-off, which weakens or kills seeds or seedlings, and root and stem rot, which can kill plants.

This has been an unusual year in that rainfall has been excessive and is negatively affecting lawns, landscape plants and vegetable gardens. With daily rainfall, plants are staying wet for extended ...

Pythium, Phytophthora, Fusarium and Rhizoctonia are soil borne fungal pathogens that infect soybeans as seedling blights. Soybean seedling diseases like these accounted for nearly 6 million bushels ...

Feast or famine seems to be the mode for rainfall in our area. Excessive rain from recent storms has stressed area lawns. Callers describe either thinning lawns with dead patches or lawns that are off ...

The 18th hole at Pawleys Plantation, one of several area courses that have had to recover from a Pythium root rot that struck some of its greens. JANET BLACKMON MORGAN [email protected] A ...

Rodents and insects and fungus. Oh, my! In their turf-care work, superintendents stand on guard against a host of invaders, which can vary by region and season. While most of these intruders can be ...

Floriculture is an economically important industry in Michigan. The health of these crops is threatened by Pythium ultimum (root rot), a water mold that infects the roots of popular plants. Despite ...

Root rot of macabo (Xanthosoma sp.) is an economically important disease limiting the macabo production in the lowland forest area of Cameroun. The disease appears in two different forms: Dwarfing: ...

Strains of Bacillus subtilis (Ehrenberg) Cohn and B. polymyxa (Prazmowski) Macé were screened for their antagonistic effect on Pythium ultimum Trow and P. irregulare Buisman in vitro. Of 10 strains ...