abstract isolates of rhizoctonia spp., obtained from sugar beet roots and crowns with dry rot symptoms that had been collected from various sugar beet production regions in khorasan razavi province during 2008 and 2009, were investigated in this research. characterization by conventional techniques and molecular methods using species-specific primers was carried out. results showed that from 36...

Rhizoctonia stem canker and black scurf diseases of potato are caused by the fungus Rhizoctonia solani Kühn (teleomorph Thanatephorus cucumeris [A. B. Frank] Donk) and can be found on all underground parts of the plant at various times during the growing season. Rhizoctonia solani (Deuteromycetes, Mycelia Sterilia) is a species complex of 13 anastomosis groups (AGs), which are categorized accor...