Australasian Plant Disease Notes (2018) 13 (6) - Pythium arrhenomanes ...

A. Reyes-Tena, R. Vallejo-González, R. Santillán-Mendoza, G. Rodríguez-Alvarado, J. Larsen and S.P. Fernández-Pavía (2018)
Pythium arrhenomanes causal agent of root rot on yellow maize in Mexico
Australasian Plant Disease Notes 13 (6)
Abstract: Here we show that Pythium arrhenomanes is a causal agent of root rot on maize. The pathogen was isolated from diseased root tissue collected from a conventional maize crop in Michoacan, during 2015. For taxonomic identification, the obtained isolate was used for morphological characteristics and molecular analysis (ITS and COXII genes). Pathogenicity tests confirmed that P. arrhenomanes causes root rot on maize plants.
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Database assignments for author(s): Gerardo Rodriguez-Alvarado

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
general biology - morphology - evolution

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Pythium arrhenomanes	Maize/corn (Zea mays)	Mexico