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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of saprolegnious fungi, of the family Pythiaceæ, having more or less globose zoösporangia and conidia similar in size and shape. The oögonia are thick-walled. P. De Baryanum is a common species which attacks the seedlings of various plants and produces a disease sometimes called
damping-off . Seedamp , 6.
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- noun any fungus of the genus Pythium
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Examples
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Currutaca: a pythium soft rot of Xanthosoma and Colocasia spp. in Puerto Rico.
Chapter 31 1987
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Control of diseases (for example, pythium and rhizoctonia fungi) and pests (such as Iygus bug).
6 Research Needs 1984
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Most seed treatment combinations will contain at least one ingredient for pythium control and one for rhizoctonia.
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Mixes like RTU Baytan, Thiram perform similarly with Baytan controlling rhizoctonia and Thiram controlling pythium.
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Mixes like RTU Baytan, Thiram perform similarly with Baytan controlling rhizoctonia and Thiram controlling pythium.
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For example, the active ingredient in Ridomil and Apron is used to control pythium.
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Most seed treatment combinations will contain at least one ingredient for pythium control and one for rhizoctonia.
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Other products that control pythium include Allegiance and Dynasty, while Argent and NuFlow M are other treatments applied for rhizoctonia.
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For example, the active ingredient in Ridomil and Apron is used to control pythium.
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Fungal pathogens like rhyzoctonia and pythium reduce stand counts, seedling vigor, yields and profits.
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