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Physoderma leproides (beet tumor )
Physoderma leproides
beet tumor
Urophlyctis leproides
Africa: Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia. Asia: Israel. Europe: Cyprus, Italy, Portugal. South America: Argentina, Uruguay.
CA
2024-05-13
fungus
Korea
beet, sugar beet
PHYDLE
A Chytrid fungus with mobile zoospores. Primarily soil borne in wet soils. Transmission presumably by dissemination of resting sporangia which may germinate to rekase motile spores under natural conditions (PHYDLE-2).
2 Known Hosts
Beta vulgaris
table beet, swiss chard
No
PHYDLE-1,PHYDLE-2
No references found indicating seed is a pathway. Chytrid fungi are not known to be seed transmitted. Minor disease of beet in wet soils.
PHYDLE-1
CABI, 2018. Physoderma leproides In: Crop Protection Compendium. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. www.cabi.org/cpc.
PHYDLE-2
Walker, C.J. 1976 Physoderma leproides, I.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria. CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet752.
Beta vulgaris var. saccharifera
sugar beet
No
PHYDLE-1,PHYDLE-2
No references found indicating seed is a pathway. Chytrid fungi are not known to be seed transmitted. Minor disease of sugar beet in wet soils.
PHYDLE-1
CABI, 2018. Physoderma leproides In: Crop Protection Compendium. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. www.cabi.org/cpc.
PHYDLE-2
Walker, C.J. 1976 Physoderma leproides, I.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria. CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet752.
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