Abstract
Pythium aquatile and P. macrosporum were isolated from the soil of a cultivated field in Gunma Prefecture and a forest in Nagano Prefecture for the first time in Japan. Their morphological characteristics are described, and their pathogenicity and taxonomy are discussed.
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Uzuhashi, S., Tojo, M., Kobayashi, S. et al. First records of Pythium aquatile and P. macrosporum isolated from soils in Japan. Mycoscience 49, 276–279 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10267-008-0416-6
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