Molecular sequencing has helped resolve the phylogenetic relationships amongst the
diverse groups of algal, fungal-like and protist organisms that constitute the Chromalveolate …

More than 140 Pythium species have been described; 41 of these species have been
described since 2000. Many Pythium species cause seed rot and damping off of seedlings …

The genus Pythium is one of the most important groups of soilborne plant pathogens,
present in almost every agricultural soil and attacking the roots of thousands of hosts …

During one spring season, 12 Phytophthora species, two Phytophthora hybrids, three
Halophytophthora species and three Phytopythium species, were isolated from 48 …

During various surveys of Phytophthora diversity in Europe, Chile and Vietnam slow growing
oomycete isolates were obtained from rhizosphere soil samples and small streams in …

Brown root rot caused by Phytopythium vexans is a new destructive root disease on many
plants such as Gingko, Citrus, kiwifruit, and ramie. The establishment of loop-mediated …

Phytopythium and Pythium species are known to be soil-born oomycete pathogens of forest
trees in Europe. Little is known, however, about the presence of these micro-organisms in …

Pythium is an important plant pathogenic fungus causing disease in various economically
important crop plants. Many Pythium species usually cause seed rot and damping-off of …

Kikuyu grass (Pennisetum clandestinum) is a perennial plant that belongs to the Poaceae
family. In Argentina, it is used in warm areas as tropical pasture, forage and grass in gardens …

The oomycete genus Pythium Pringsheim contains about 150 validly described species.
Many more described taxa are not valid or of doubtful identity (Uzuhashi et al. 2010; …