Pythium sulcatum

Pythium sulcatum is a chromalveolate plant pathogen infecting carrots. Because this organism was once thought to be a type of fungus, it is still often treated as such.

Pythium sulcatum
Oospore of Pythium sulcatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Chromista
Phylum: Oomycota
Order: Peronosporales
Family: Pythiaceae
Genus: Pythium
Species:
P. sulcatum
Binomial name
Pythium sulcatum
R.G.Pratt & J.E.Mitch., (1973)

References

  1. El-Tarabily K. A., Abouzeid M. A., Hardy G. E. ST. J., Sivasithamparam K. (1 January 1970). "Pythium sulcatum and P. ultimum as causal agents of cavity spot disease of carrots in Egypt". Semantic Scholar.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. Davison E. M., MacNish G. C., Murphy P. A., McKay A. G. (December 2003). "Pythium spp. from cavity spot and other root diseases of Australian carrots". Australasian Plant Pathology. 32 (4): 455. doi:10.1071/AP03049.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. Blaesing D., Tesoriero L. (10 May 2019). "Pythium in carrots: Cavity spot and forking in carrots" (PDF). Horticulture.
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  5. Davis R. M., Raid R. N. (2002). Compendium of Umbelliferous Crop Diseases. Saint Paul, MN: American Phytopathological Society. pp. 27–29. ISBN 978-0-89054-287-3.
  6. Campion C., Massiot P., Rouxel F. (November 1997). "Aggressiveness and production of cell-wall degrading enzymes by Pythium violae, Pythium sulcatum and Pythium ultimum, responsible for cavity spot of carrots". European Journal of Plant Pathology. 103 (8): 725–735. doi:10.1023/A:1008657319518.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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