Chocolate brown is a defining color for Phythophthora root rot (PRR), and it’s showing up this season in fields across Iowa and other parts of the Midwest. “We have Phytophthora every year ...

Phytophthora root rot is a stubborn enemy for some Christmas tree growers No fungicide has proved effective to control Phytophthora Growers turning to species from Europe%2C Asia that are more ...

He notes that yield losses to Phytophthora root rot can range widely, from 5% to upwards of 50% in severely affected soybean crops. Van Kooten says the active ingredients in LumiTreo include ...

Phytophthora, whose literal translation means “plant destroyer” is a water mold, a fungus-like organism that causes root and crown rot of annual and perennial herbaceous plants, as well as ...

Root rot is caused by several different plant pathogens that live in the soil and attack roots. Plant roots can be infected by water molds (Phytophthora and Pythium) or fungi like Rhizoctonia and ...

Thank you. --Gordon ANSWER: This is almost certainly Phytophthora root rot, a disease that attacks the roots. As the roots are killed, the top is deprived of water and turns brown, often a section ...

What is going on? Cindy MacNabb, Decatur A: I’ll bet dollars to doughnuts that your aucuba has phytophthora root rot. This soil-borne disease affects several shrubs: Azalea, rhododendron ...

For example a Chinese fringe tree in the garden has been affected by Armillaria, a common form of root rot in Sydney. "It's very common in Sydney. Probably it and Phytophthora are the two big ...

$1.3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to research Phytophthora root rot, a disease that costs the Christmas tree industry millions of dollars in damage every year. The team ...