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You are here: Home / Archives for Plant Pests and Diseases / Plant Diseases / Root Rots / Pythium Root Rot

Researchers roundup

By Lloyd Nackley — Posted July 26, 2023

Get to know the horticultural researchers at OSU and USDA Many programs focus on nursery, greenhouse, landscape and related crops at Oregon State University (OSU) and the Horticulture Crops Research Laboratory at the Agricultural Research Service (USDA ARS), the principal in-house research agency of the United States Department of Agriculture. Here are some of the […]

Filed Under: Beetles, Blights, Borers, Boxwood Blight, Emerald Ash Borer, Growing Knowledge, Insects, Phytophthora, Plant Diseases, Plant Pests and Diseases, Pythium Root Rot, Root Rots, Verticillium Root Rot Tagged With: Digger, Digger magazine

Villains of the greenhouse II

By Jay Pscheidt — Posted February 22, 2022

When seedlings fail, Fusarium damping-off or wilt could be another cause Part two of a series. Part one of Villains of the greenhouse, published in the April 2021 issue of Digger, covered Rhizoconia damping-off, root rot and stem rot. It can be viewed at www.diggermagazine.com/villains-of-the-greenhouse. There are many fungi that live and survive in the […]

Filed Under: Fusarium Root Rot, Growing Knowledge, Plant Pests and Diseases, Pythium Root Rot, Rhizoctonia Root Rot, Root Rots Tagged With: Digger, Digger magazine, Growing Knowledge, Oregon State University, OSU, Pests and Diseases

Villains of the greenhouse

By Jay Pscheidt — Posted March 23, 2021

When seedlings fail, Rhizoctonia damping-off, root and stem rot may be the cause There is so much hope for the future when we plant seeds, but that can be dashed when they don’t emerge, or when they fall over soon after popping out of the media. There are many fungi that live and survive in […]

Filed Under: Blights, Cankers, Fusarium Root Rot, Growing Knowledge, Plant Diseases, Plant Pests and Diseases, Pythium Root Rot, Rhizoctonia Root Rot, Root Rots Tagged With: Digger, Digger magazine, Oregon State University, OSU, Pests and Diseases

Testing the waters

By Jennifer Parke — Posted May 24, 2019

How to test your irrigation system for the presence of Phythophthora By Neelam R. Redekar and Jennifer L. Parke Phytophthora is a fungus-like organism — called a water mold — that can infect a wide variety of nursery plant species. One of the ways it can spread is through irrigation water. Depending on size, a […]

Filed Under: Blights, Cankers, Growing Knowledge, Phytophthora, Plant Pests and Diseases, Pythium Root Rot, Rhizoctonia Root Rot, Root Rots Tagged With: Digger, Digger magazine, Oregon State University, Pests and Diseases, Phytophthora, Plants

Heroes and villains

By Jerry Weiland — Posted February 27, 2018

Research identifies harmful and beneficial microbes in nursery soil Four years ago, we received funding from the Floriculture and Nursery Research Initiative to study the interaction of soil-borne pathogens and environment on nursery plant health and disease control (Digger, July 2015). Since then, we have made significant progress in identifying the beneficial and pathogenic microbes […]

Filed Under: Growing Knowledge, Phytophthora, Plant Diseases, Plant Pests and Diseases, Pythium Root Rot, Root Rots Tagged With: Digger, Digger magazine, Oregon State University, Pests and Diseases

Soil solarization in container nurseries and field production

By Jennifer Parke — Posted February 1, 2016

Discover this hot tool for managing diseases and weeds in container nurseries and field production.

Filed Under: Charcoal Rot, Fusarium Root Rot, Growing Knowledge, Plant Pests and Diseases, Pythium Root Rot, Root Rots, Verticillium Root Rot, Weeds Tagged With: Digger, Digger magazine, Oregon State University

Soilborne diseases of nursery crops

By Jerry Weiland — Posted July 1, 2015

USDA-ARS and OSU team up to tackle this pernicious problem

Filed Under: Growing Knowledge, Phytophthora, Plant Pests and Diseases, Pythium Root Rot, Root Rots, Verticillium Root Rot Tagged With: Digger, Digger magazine, Pests and Diseases

USDA awards $2.7 million for research into plant pathogens

By Curt Kipp — Posted November 16, 2010

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture has awarded group of colleges, led by Virginia Tech, a $2.7 million grant to conduct research on integrated management of zoosporic pathogens and irrigation water quality. Researchers will look for biological control methods for fighting Phythophthora, Pythium and other pathogens. Researchers will also “develop […]

Filed Under: Phytophthora, Plant Diseases, Plant Pests and Diseases, Pythium Root Rot, Root Rots Tagged With: Pests and Diseases, Phytophthora ramorum, Plants, Research, Sustainability, USDA, Water, Wholesale Nurseries

NURSERY NEWS

In Memoriam: Melvin John Steffenson

New USDA Census of Hort arriving in mailboxes this month

Oregon Association of Nurseries honors the industry’s best at 2024 Convention

Eason Horticultural Resources is now employee-owned

Oregon’s nursery licensing program aims to keep the entire industry healthy

Building trust is key to establishing clientele base for new nurseries

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Bailey hires new CFO and chief HR officer

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FARWEST SHOW UPDATES

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