Rhizoctonia damping-off, blight and rot
Rhizoctonia solani J.G. Kühn
Taxonomic Rank: Agaricomycetes: Agaricales: Corticiaceae
Synonym(s): white blight, target spot, Rhizoctonia aerial blight, Rhizoctonia damping-off and fruit rot, target spot or sore shin of tobacco, Rhizoctonia brown patch, Rhizoctonia root rot, wirestem, Rice sheath blight



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Florida Division of Plant Industry Archive, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Bugwood.org
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Symptoms; cause of aerial potato tubers
Florida Division of Plant Industry Archive, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Bugwood.org
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Structure; Light micrograph of hyphae of the fungus Rhizoctonia solani.  Right angle branching, a slight constriction at the base of the branch and cross walls (septa) near the branch are all diagnostic features of R. solani hyphae. February 1987
Gerald Holmes, Valent USA Corporation, Bugwood.org
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Symptoms; Wilted and discolored infected seedlings.
Edward L. Barnard, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Bugwood.org
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Symptoms; Loss of lower foliage on infected seedlings.
Edward L. Barnard, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Bugwood.org
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Symptoms; Foliage discoloration and loss on infected seedling.
Edward L. Barnard, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Bugwood.org
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Infestation; Infection centers in beds
Edward L. Barnard, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Bugwood.org
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Infestation; Infection center in bed.
Edward L. Barnard, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Bugwood.org
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Development ; Infections occur on seedlings in sandy soils as sand, washed by rain and irrigation ("sand splash"), accumulates at the base of the seedlings, creating a microenvironment of reduced aeration and increased relative humidity which favors infection.
Edward L. Barnard, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Bugwood.org
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Symptoms; Infections occur on seedlings in sandy soils as sand, washed by rain and irrigation ("sand splash"), accumulates at the base of the seedlings, creating a microenvironment of reduced aeration and increased relative humidity which favors infection.
Edward L. Barnard, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Bugwood.org
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Symptoms; Irregular tan blotches on leaf blades
Paul Vincelli, University of Kentucky, Bugwood.org
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Symptoms; Irregular tan blotches on leaf blades
Paul Vincelli, University of Kentucky, Bugwood.org
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Symptoms; Irregular tan blotches on leaf blades
Paul Vincelli, University of Kentucky, Bugwood.org
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Symptoms; Irregular tan blotches on leaf blades.
Paul Bachi, University of Kentucky Research and Education Center, Bugwood.org
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Symptoms; Tan/brown leaf spots with spore-producing bodies ("pycnidia") within the spots
Paul Bachi, University of Kentucky Research and Education Center, Bugwood.org
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Mary Ann Hansen, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Bugwood.org
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Mary Ann Hansen, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Bugwood.org
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Department of Plant Pathology Archive, North Carolina State University, Bugwood.org
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Department of Plant Pathology Archive, North Carolina State University, Bugwood.org
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Symptoms; Post-emergence dying of cotton seedlings. The fungi Pythium and Fusarium cause similar damage to seedlings.
Clemson University - USDA Cooperative Extension Slide Series, , Bugwood.org
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Mary Ann Hansen, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Bugwood.org
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Mary Ann Hansen, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Bugwood.org
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Symptoms; lesion on hypocotyl field
Daren Mueller, Iowa State University, Bugwood.org
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Symptoms; This soil-borne fungus infects the lower stem of the tobacco plant. Symptoms begin on seedlings and transplants as a dark brown lesion on the stem near or below ground level. Lesions vary in size and number depending on environmental conditions. In wet, cool weather, the lesions may enlarge upward and around the stem until the plant falls over. This may be confused with black shank or Pythium damping-off. On older plants, a dark brown lesion up to several inches long occurs at or near the soil line. It may girdle the stalk which becomes hard and brittle. The stalk may break at this lesion. The plant may be stunted with yellow to brown and/or wilted leaves. Roots usually show no evidence of decay.
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Slide Set, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Bugwood.org
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Symptoms; This soil-borne fungus infects the lower stem of the tobacco plant. Symptoms begin on seedlings and transplants as a dark brown lesion on the stem near or below ground level. Lesions vary in size and number depending on environmental conditions. In wet, cool weather, the lesions may enlarge upward and around the stem until the plant falls over. This may be confused with black shank or Pythium damping-off. On older plants, a dark brown lesion up to several inches long occurs at or near the soil line. It may girdle the stalk which becomes hard and brittle. The stalk may break at this lesion. The plant may be stunted with yellow to brown and/or wilted leaves. Roots usually show no evidence of decay.
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Slide Set, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Bugwood.org
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Paul Bertrand, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org
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Paul Bertrand, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org
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Paul Bertrand, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org
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Florida Division of Plant Industry Archive, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Bugwood.org
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Florida Division of Plant Industry Archive, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Bugwood.org
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Florida Division of Plant Industry Archive, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Bugwood.org
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Florida Division of Plant Industry Archive, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Bugwood.org
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Florida Division of Plant Industry Archive, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Bugwood.org
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Sign; Mycelia of Rhizoctonia solani growing out infected leaf tissue
Paul Bachi, University of Kentucky Research and Education Center, Bugwood.org
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Sign; Mycelia of Rhizoctonia solani growing out infected leaf tissue
Paul Bachi, University of Kentucky Research and Education Center, Bugwood.org
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Sign; Mycelia of Rhizoctonia solani growing out infected leaf tissue
Paul Bachi, University of Kentucky Research and Education Center, Bugwood.org
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Symptoms;
Barb Corwin, Turfgrass Diagnostics, Bugwood.org
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Symptoms;
Florida Division of Plant Industry Archive, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Bugwood.org
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Florida Division of Plant Industry Archive, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Bugwood.org
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Symptoms; Rhizoctonia root rot (bare patch)
Mary Burrows, Montana State University, Bugwood.org
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Symptoms; Glyphosate application April 16 Planted April 17, 2008
Mary Burrows, Montana State University, Bugwood.org
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Symptoms; Glyphosate application April 16 Planted April 17, 2008
Mary Burrows, Montana State University, Bugwood.org
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Symptoms; Glyphosate application April 16 Planted April 17, 2008
Mary Burrows, Montana State University, Bugwood.org
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Symptoms; Glyphosate application April 16 Planted April 17, 2008
Mary Burrows, Montana State University, Bugwood.org
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Symptoms; On dewy mornings, the brown patch pathogen produces mycelium. In low-cut turf it is often in a "smoke ring" around the patch. This is fairway-height (approximately 1/2 inch) turfgrass.
Megan Kennelly, Kansas State University, Bugwood.org
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Symptoms; Close-up view of symptoms of sheath blight (Rhizoctonia solani) on a rice stalk.
William M. Brown Jr., , Bugwood.org
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Symptoms; Field view of severe early upper rice leaf infection symptoms of rice sheath blight
Donald Groth, Louisiana State University AgCenter, Bugwood.org
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Symptoms; Field view of severe late upper leaf infection symptoms of rice sheath blight
Donald Groth, Louisiana State University AgCenter, Bugwood.org
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Symptoms; Water soaked initial rice sheath blight lesion symptoms on rice stems
Donald Groth, Louisiana State University AgCenter, Bugwood.org
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Sign; Rice sheath blight symptoms (snake skin appearance) and signs (black sclerotia) on a rice leaf
Donald Groth, Louisiana State University AgCenter, Bugwood.org
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Symptoms; Variation of early Rice sheath blight symptoms on rice stems- from left to right- water soaked lesion, dark resistance reaction or fungicide application lesion, and dried lesions
Donald Groth, Louisiana State University AgCenter, Bugwood.org
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Symptoms; Snake skin like Rice sheath blight symptoms on rice leaves
Donald Groth, Louisiana State University AgCenter, Bugwood.org
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Symptoms; Snake skin like Rice sheath blight symptoms on rice stems
Donald Groth, Louisiana State University AgCenter, Bugwood.org
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Sign; Rice sheath blight symptoms and pathogen signs (sclerotia) on rice head
Donald Groth, Louisiana State University AgCenter, Bugwood.org
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Symptoms; Field view of shealth blight resistant and susceptible lines.
Donald Groth, Louisiana State University AgCenter, Bugwood.org
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Symptoms; Rhizoctonia solani AG1 lesions on rice sheat
Yuan-Min Shen, Taichung District Agricultural Research and Extension Station, Bugwood.org
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Symptoms; Rhizoctonia root rot (bare patch), Spear tipping due to Rhizoctonia root rot
Mary Burrows, Montana State University, Bugwood.org
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Symptoms; Spear-tipping symptom caused by rhizoctonia root rot (bare patch)
Mary Burrows, Montana State University, Bugwood.org
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Symptoms; Spear-tipping symptom caused by rhizoctonia root rot (bare patch)
Mary Burrows, Montana State University, Bugwood.org
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