The genus Pythium was erected by Pringsheim in 1858 and placed in the family Saprolegniaceae. By the end of 19th century taxonomic details of the genus had been clarified and many new species had been described. The relationship with other Oomycetes was established and the genus was included in a new family, Pythiaceae, by Schroter in 1897. The fungus Pythium belongs to the subdivision Mastigom...

The genera of Phytophthora and Pythium are two of the very destructive groups of plant pathogens in the world (Plaats-Niterink, 1981; Erwin and Ribeiro, 1996). They attack mainly mature plants and young seedlings, respectively, of forest, fruit, vegetable, flower, and ornamental species. These two groups of fungi are classified in the family Pythiaceae of the Oomycetes, which is excluded from t...

Abstract The blueberry industry is one of the successful and expanding agricultural cropping systems in South Africa. As a result this growth, research into identifying plant disease agents has become increasingly important, yet there are relatively few scientific reports published on subject country. aim study was to identify causal stunting leaf scorch plants evaluate their pathogenicity. Roo...

Several filamentous oomycete species of the genus Halophytophthora have recently been described from marine environments, mostly from subtropical and tropical ecosystems. During a survey of oomycetes from leaf litter of Spartina alterniflora in salt marshes of southeastern Georgia, isolates of four taxa were recovered that bore similarity to some members of Halophytophthora but were highly dive...