Advanced Turf suggests that roots infected with pythium root rot often smell bad, are waterlogged, and appear brown. On the surface, the turf may look dead or as if it's thinning or turning yellow ...

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 ...

Soybean growers lost nearly 6 million bushels to seedling diseases in 2023. Learn how to identify pythium, phytophthora and rhizoctonia to protect your crop.

Two scourges that sometimes appear together but have not been definitively linked to each other continue to threaten lettuce: Pythium wilt and Impatiens Necrotic Spot Virus. The state budget ...

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 ...

With Pythium root rot, the turf is generally thinner, light green/yellow but the distinct patches of dead grass are not observed. Roots will be thin and discolored but not rotted as they are with ...

What Causes Root Rot? Root rot is caused by several different plant pathogens that live in the soil and attack roots. Plant roots can be infected by water molds (Phytophthora and Pythium) or fungi ...

These soil-borne pathogens infect the roots, and they cause the roots to decay. Soil-borne water molds such as Pythium, and fungi such as Fusarium, are the usual culprits of root rot.

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 ...

Evergreen azaleas, camellias and gardenias are popular because they provide wonderful blooms and smells. But, root rots caused by pythium and phytophthora often get started when we have this much ...

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.

Respected Eagle Farm track curator Jim Roberts has explained the genesis of the "root rot" disease that is impacting Eagle Farm and what steps are being taken to fix it. In the lead-up to the ...