Rhizoctonia

Corn seedling
Figure 1. Seedling with post-emergence damping off (left) next to a healthy seedling. (Photo by Tamra Jackson-Ziems)

Conditions Favor Seedling Diseases in Early Planted Corn and Soybeans

May 25, 2022
As heavy rains and cool soils continue during early plant development, be sure to monitor seedling emergence and stand establishment to detect diseases as early as possible.

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Dry rot canker in sugarbeet
Figure 1. Surface tissues of the dry rot canker rhizoctonia disease first identified in sugarbeet in 1920 are marked by a distinctive series of concentric circles. (Photos by Bob Harveson)

Dry Rot Canker – Obscure, but Returning Rhizoctonia Disease

May 23, 2018
Dry rot canker, one of several rhizoctonia diseaes of sugarbeet, has been relatively obscure since first being identified almost a century ago. New technologies, however, have helped to differentiate it from the more common Rhizoctonia root and crown rot disease.

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Violet root rot, a rhizoctonia crocorum fungus, in soil

The First Identified Root Pathogen: Rhizoctonia

April 12, 2018
This is the second article in a series on distinct sugar beet root rot diseases caused by the genus Rhizoctonia. This week Rhizoctonia solani and Rhizoctonia solani are featured.

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Figure 1. Complete and permanent collapse of sugarbeet petioles and leaves caused by Rhizoctonia Root and Crown Rot.
Figure 1. Complete and permanent collapse of sugarbeet petioles and leaves caused by Rhizoctonia Root and Crown Rot.

Exploring the Rhizoctonia Pathogens of Sugarbeet

February 16, 2018
This is the first article in a series on distinct sugarbeet root rot diseases caused by the genus Rhizoctonia.

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