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unusual facts about root rot



Taeniatherum caput-medusae

Medusahead was found to be susceptible to certain root rot fungi including crown rot and take-all, but it was not susceptible to barepatch, browning root rot, and common root rot.


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Afforestation in Japan

A large concern in Japan is root rot experienced in conifer species as a result of Armillaria, a group of fungus species found in Asia.

Biotechnology and genetic engineering in Bangladesh

In 2012, the same group of scientists decoded the genome of Macrophomina phaseolina, a Botryosphaeriaceae fungus, which is responsible for causing seedling blight, root rot, and charcoal rot of more than 500 crop and non-crop species throughout the world.

Grevillea alpina

In 2003, it was reported that the fungal disease Phytophthora palmivora had been detected in plant nurseries in Sicily, leading to root rot and death of potted Grevillea cultivars.

Phytophthora cinnamomi

A 1960 study of the Fallbrook, California area correlated higher levels of avocado root rot to soils with poorer drainage and greater clay content.

Tibouchina semidecandra

Nematodes can affect Tibouchina and over watering can contribute to mushroom root-rot.