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Slime flux, also known as bacterial slime or bacterial wetwood, is a bacterial disease of certain trees, primarily elm, cottonwood, poplar, boxelder, ash, aspen, fruitless mulberry and oak. A wound to the bark , caused by pruning, insects, poor branch angles or natural cracks and splits, causes sap to ooze from the wound.
Root rot is a condition in which anoxic conditions in the soil or potting media around the roots of a plant cause them to rot. This occurs due to excessive standing water around the roots. [ 1 ] It is found in both indoor and outdoor plants, although it is more common in indoor plants due to overwatering, heavy potting media, or containers with ...
Fusarium yellows and root rot Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. betae (Texas isolates) Leaf gall (beet tumor, or crown wart) Physoderma leproides = Urophlyctis leproides. Phoma leaf spot and root rot Phoma betae: Phymatotrichum root rot (cotton root rot) Phymatotrichopsis omnivora = Phymatotrichum omnivorum. Phytophthora wet rot Phytophthora drechsleri
The Kratky method is a passive hydroponic technique for growing plants suspended above a reservoir of nutrient-rich water. [1] Because it is a non-circulating technique, no additional inputs of water or nutrients are needed after the original application, and no electricity, pumps, or water and oxygen circulation systems are required. [2]
The rhizosphere is the thin area of soil immediately surrounding the root system. It is a densely populated area in which the roots compete with invading root systems of neighboring plant species for space, water, and mineral nutrients as well as form positive and negative relationships with soil-borne microorganisms such as bacteria, fungi and insects.
Pythium-induced root rot is a common crop disease. When the organism kills newly emerged or emerging seedlings, it is known as damping off, and is a very common problem in fields and greenhouses. [2] Thus there is tremendous interest in genetic host resistance, but no crop has ever developed adequate resistance to Pythium. [3]
Root mucilage is made of plant-specific polysaccharides or long chains of sugar molecules. [1] [2] This polysaccharide secretion of root exudate forms a gelatinous substance that sticks to the caps of roots. [3] Root mucilage is known to play a role in forming relationships with soil-dwelling life forms.
Similarly to apple trees, crown rots of strawberries caused by P. cactorum can be partially diagnosed by cutting the crown of the plant and observing brown vascular tissues, and root rots by brown or black stunted roots. [7] Leather rot of strawberry is an additional disease affecting strawberry plants, with P. cactorum being the causal agent ...