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Root rot of cowpeas caused by Pythium myriotylum in northern Queensland

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Pythium myriotylum was isolated from soil from under cowpeas (Vigna sinensis) grown as green manure crops in fallow sugarcane fields in northern Queensland. In pathogenicity tests, P. myriotylum severely restricted root and top growth of cowpeas.

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  1. Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations, P.O. Box 566, 4854, Tully, Queensland

    B. J. Croft

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Croft, B.J. Root rot of cowpeas caused by Pythium myriotylum in northern Queensland. Australasian Plant Pathology 18, 8–9 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1071/APP9890008

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