Overwatering can also open the door to Pythium root rot. This pernicious plant pathogen can linger in the soil for multiple years and thrives in wet, cool ground that doesn't have good drainage. If ...

Among these, brown patch and pythium blight stand out as common culprits. Brown patch shows up as circular patches of brown, dying grass, sometimes surrounded by a ring of healthier green grass. It ...

Pythium diseases are a significant challenge in turf management, mostly unnoticed or misdiagnosed despite their widespread ...

Gro alerts from Brian E. Whipker and Patrick Veazie of NC State investigate late-season garden mum diseases and control ...

The three air-borne stalk rots in Indiana are anthracnose, Pythium, and possibly Diplodia. Anthracnose is the most common and important of these. It is not clear whether the Diplodia stalk rot ...

This disease is often fatal. The water molds that cause root rot, Phytophthora, Rhizoctonia and Pythium, are most active in hot, wet conditions. So root rot is more likely to attack during hot ...