For several years, my mature impatiens have been dying suddenly from what appears to be the damping-off disease that seedlings usually get. The stem blackens at the soil line, falls over and dies. We ...

The plant parasite species Pythium lurks in virtually every agricultural field and commonly causes damping-off, which weakens or kills seeds or seedlings, and root and stem rot, which can kill plants.

Q: Last year, I lost almost a third of my seedlings before they even had a second set of leaves! I read a magazine article that described "damping off," and I’m pretty sure that’s what it was. It also ...

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Pythium is a soilborne pathogen that is present in nearly all soybean fields and causes seedling rot and/or damping-off. There is a broad range of Pythium species, meaning the disease can be active at ...

Pythium, Phytophthora, Fusarium and Rhizoctonia are soil borne fungal pathogens that infect soybeans as seedling blights. Soybean seedling diseases like these accounted for nearly 6 million bushels ...

A: This is called “damping off.” It’s caused by a fungus. The fungi, Rhizoctonia spp. and Fusarium spp., along with the water mold Pythiumspp. are the most common. Damping off is a disease of ...