Sugarbeets are susceptible to a large number of root rot diseases, which have traditionally been one of the major factors limiting profitable production wherever beets have been grown. They include ...

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 ...

Rhizoctonia root rot is a serious disease problem in several sugarbeet-growing regions, with the result sometimes being dramatic — and expensive — reductions in tonnage and quality. Low levels of ...

Introduction & Background In mid-September 2011, a field near Bridgeport, in Morrill County, Neb., was observed with numerous plants (10- 15%) exhibiting wilting and yellowing symptoms suggestive of ...

Nutrition experiments were carried out using Broadbean (Vicia fab a L.) in sand culture, to evaluate the effect of various levels of N, P and K on the severity of Rhizoctonia solani Kühn and Fusarium ...

A disease first identified in southern soybean fields in 1972 has made its way into Illinois. Called red crown rot, it can appear at a glance to be one of several other more common Midwest soybean ...

Red crown rot of soybean has been found for the first time in Minnesota, according to a University of Minnesota report on Thursday, Oct. 9. The disease was detected and confirmed in one field in ...

"Root rot" might be the two most dreadful words in the gardening language. Healthy shrubs and flowers afflicted with root rot suddenly start to decline, and the next thing you know, they've collapsed ...

Q. We have a large section of Vinca major on a front yard slope that we planted 25 years ago. It grew well for 15 years but has thinned in some areas the past few years. I tried putting new plugs in ...

Q. Every year, my impatiens break off at the soil surface. It's almost like something is chewing them from underneath. One by one, the stalks just fall over, whether they're in beds or containers. K.S ...