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Pathogenicity, host specificity and anastomosis groups ofRhizoctonia spp. isolated from soils in Israel

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One hundred and twenty-nine isolates ofRhizoctonia spp. were obtained from soil samples in Israel and from culture collections in the U.S.A. and Japan. The isolates varied in host range and disease severity when tested on six to eleven different host plants. Approximately 30% of the isolates were nonpathogenic to all the host plants tested. Mycelial growth rate of the nonpathogenic strains did not differ significantly from that of the virulent isolates. The 107 Israeli isolates represented anastomosis groups (AG) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 ofR, solani, two groups ofR. zeae, and three groups of binucleateRhizoctonia AG: A, F and K.

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  1. Dept. of Botany, The George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Israel

    Meira Ichielevich-Auster, B. Sneh & I. Barash

  2. Dept. of Microbiology, The George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Israel

    Y. Koltin

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Ichielevich-Auster, M., Sneh, B., Koltin, Y. et al. Pathogenicity, host specificity and anastomosis groups ofRhizoctonia spp. isolated from soils in Israel. Phytoparasitica 13, 103–112 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02980887

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