Database of Plant Diseases in Japan

Details of Bluegrass Pythium snow blight, Browning root rot
Host plant
  • Bluegrass, Canada bluegrass, Kentucky bluegrass
Disease namePythium snow blight, Browning root rot
Disease name (Japanese)
  • 褐色雪腐病 [kasshoku-yukigusare-byo]
Pathogen/Cause (1)
  • Pythium iwayamai S. Ito
References (1)
  • Masumoto, S. et al.:J. Jpn. Soc. Turfgrass Sci. 38(1):33, 2009
Pathogen/Cause (2)
  • Pythium paddicum Hirane
Pathogen/Cause (3)
  • Pythium spp.
References (3)
  • 荒木隆男ら:日植病報 40(2):117, 1974
  • 島貫忠幸:日植病報 43(1):108, 1977
  • 島貫忠幸:植物防疫 38(5):223, 1984
Related strains1 strains
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