Pythium is a pathogen that lives in soil and often wreaks havoc on row-crop operations. The disease causes about $25 million in annual damage to the North American corn crop.¹ Pythium and other ...

Pythium is a soilborne pathogen that is present in nearly all soybean fields and causes seedling rot and/or damping-off. There is a broad range of Pythium species, meaning the disease can be ...

Pythium wilt was first seen in 2011 in the Salinas Valley, but Jose Pablo Dundore-Arias, a plant pathologist at California State University Monterey Bay, ...

Pythium insidiosum is an aquatic oomycete responsible for pythiosis, a disease affecting humans and a variety of animals. This pathogen, although fungus‐like in its presentation, exhibits ...

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Jon's daughter, Kylie Templeton, travelled to Japan where growers had experience of pythium. "We probably used at least 90 per cent of the information that they gave us," Ms Templeton said.

Pythium, a fungus-like pathogen, is one of the main factors limiting the production of spinach in commercial indoor growing operations, according to Ryan Dickson, ...

Pythium species can cause root and/or crown rot if plants are placed in the ground too deeply when transplanted or are wounded and then over-watered.

Water moccasins and alligators pose a much greater risk in Florida ponds than Pythium, he said. Just to be safe, pet owners should use caution during warmer months, he added, and avoid stagnant ...

Climate change is affecting the health of agricultural soils. Increased heat and drought make life easy for the pathogenic fungus Pythium ultimum. As an international team of researchers has shown ...