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  • Watering late in the day could make your lawn susceptible to such fungi as brown patch, Pythium, and rust.

    Q&A: How can I deal with lawn fungus? 2009

  • Watering late in the day could make your lawn susceptible to such fungi as brown patch, Pythium, and rust.

    Q&A: How can I deal with lawn fungus? 2009

  • Only materials composted at lower temperatures are suppressive, apparently because higher temperatures kill the microorganisms that are antagonistic to Pythium.

    15: Training and missionary resources 1996

  • Recent research at the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center has shown that organic materials composted at high temperatures (above 140 F) can actually be conducive to damping-off due to Pythium ultimum.

    15: Training and missionary resources 1996

  • The storage life is usually limited by fungal or bacterial rots; the most common are due to Phytophthora colocasiae, Pythium sp.,

    Chapter 32 1987

  • Dipping in benomyl delays storage decay where Botryodiplodia is the main cause but is ineffective against Phytophthora and Pythium; sodium hypochlorite, however, controls all common decay organisms in the Pacific except Corticium rolfsii.

    Chapter 32 1987

  • Pythium rot of Japanese radish (daikon) caused by Pythium ultimum Trow.

    Chapter 27 1987

  • Soft rot (caused by Pythium spp.) is widespread in lowland taro, and care should be taken to avoid planting infected material.

    Chapter 32 1987

  • In addition to some of the above, Indian reports include root periderm brown scorch, Pythium sp., radish mosaic virus, damping off, Rhizoctonia solani, and the seed-borne Alternaria alternata.

    Chapter 27 1987

  • Tannias are susceptible to various Pythium rots; in Puerto Rico, a soft rot known as currutaca, due to Pythium ultimum, affects the crops, while in New Caledonia, P. irregulare is reported occasionally to cause serious losses.

    Chapter 31 1987

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