Database of Plant Diseases in Japan

Details of Konnyaku, Elephant foot Root rot
Host plant
  • Konnyaku, Elephant foot
Disease nameRoot rot
Disease name (Japanese)
  • 根腐病 [negusare-byo]
Pathogen/Cause (1)
  • Pythium aristosporum Vanterpool
References (1)
  • 山本 磐ら:日植病報 33(5):329, 1967
  • 祝迫親志・渡辺文吉郎:関東病虫研報 17:131, 1970
Pathogen/Cause (2)
  • Pythium myriotylum Drechsler
References (2)
  • 田中淳和ら:日植病報 84(1):33, 2018
Related strains3 strains
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