Pythium disease can significantly damage and even kill your corn, soybean and cotton seedlings. To achieve good stand establishment and seedling vigor, you need to implement an effective pythium root ...

The plant parasite species Pythium lurks in virtually every agricultural field and commonly causes damping-off, which weakens or kills seeds or seedlings, and root and stem rot, which can kill plants.

A plant can look vibrant, glossy, and full of life one week, then suddenly collapse like a deflated balloon the next. Leaves droop, stems soften, and that once-happy green color fades into something ...

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 ...

A thriving plant does not begin with glossy leaves or colorful blooms. Real strength starts underground, where roots wrestle with moisture, oxygen, microbes, and gravity every hour of the day. When ...

Floriculture is an economically important industry in Michigan. The health of these crops is threatened by Pythium ultimum (root rot), a water mold that infects the roots of popular plants. Despite ...

Q: Attached is a picture of a barrel cactus in our yard that has begun to turn brown in recent weeks. This is the third one to do this in the last six to 12 months. What might be causing this and what ...