Abstract
Severe rotting and blight of seedlings of soybean, Glycine max (L.) Merr., were found in Hiroshima Prefecture in the southwest region of Japan in July 2009. A filamentous microorganism, isolated repeatedly from the diseased seedlings and identified as Pythium myriotylum, was demonstrated to be pathogenic to seedlings of soybean. The disease was new in Japan, and we propose to include this oomycete as one of the pathogens causing damping-off of soybean.
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Tomioka, K., Takehara, T., Osaki, H. et al. Damping-off of soybean caused by Pythium myriotylum in Japan. J Gen Plant Pathol 79, 162–164 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10327-013-0434-x
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