Claim · model-written summary
Artificial inoculation and re-isolation confirmed Pythiogeton zeae pathogenicity to corn.
- Taxon
- corn
Zea mays subsp. mayse0 - Interactor
- Pythiogeton zeaePythiogeton zeaee1pathogen
- Outcome
- pathogenicity to corn plants was confirmede0
Verbatim
e0“Its pathogenicity to corn plants was confirmed by artificial inoculation and successful re-isolation.”
e1“Pythiogeton zeae sp. nov.”
Title
Pythiogeton zeae sp. nov. Causing Root and Basal Stalk Rot of Corn in Korea
H. J. Jee; H. H. Ho; W. D. Cho Mycologia 2000. doi:10.2307/3761511
Other claims from this paper (6)
- Observation A pythiaceous fungus was consistently isolated from corn with severe root and basal stalk rot in South Korea.
- Observation The fungus was described as the new species Pythiogeton zeae on morphological evidence.
- Method / resource A taxonomic key differentiating Pythiogeton zeae from other Pythiogeton species was constructed.
- Observation Pythiogeton zeae has diverse sporangial shapes and large globose to ellipsoidal oogonia.
- Observation Pythiogeton zeae has thick-walled plerotic oospores and mostly single diclinous or monoclinous antheridia.
- Observation This is the first documented plant-pathogenic species report in Pythiogeton.