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.

Pythium disease can significantly damage and even kill your corn, soybean and cotton seedlings. To achieve good stand establishment and seedling vigor, you need to implement an effective pythium root ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Fungi move fast once the rot starts. The usual suspects are Pythium, Phytophthora and Rhizoctonia, and they thrive in the very environment your wet pot provides. A study published in the journal ...

A garden can look lush and thriving on the surface while rot creeps through the roots below. That uncomfortable truth sits at the heart of a trendy "zero-waste" gardening trick that continues to gain ...