Order / Family
[i]Pythium [/i]spp: Pythiales: Pythiacae[i]Rhizoctonia [/i]spp: Ceratobasidiales: Ceratobasidiaceae
Common Names
Wilt, Damping-off, Seedling blight, Root rot, Rhizoctonia damping-off, Rhizoctonia
Featured Photo
![Damping-off disease in chilli field (c) A. A. Seif & B. Nyambo, icipe](/sites/default/files/1664.400x400_10.jpeg)
Other Photos
![Damping-off disease in chilli field (c) A. A. Seif & B. Nyambo, icipe](/sites/default/files/1664.400x400_11.jpeg)
![Okra seedlings affected by damping-off (c) A.A. Seif & A.M. Varela, icipe](/sites/default/files/1528.400x400_26.jpeg)
![Damping-off on beans (Rhizoctonia solani) (c) Jürgen Kranz, Courtesy of EcoPort, www.ecoport.org](/sites/default/files/530.400x400_5.jpeg)
![Damping-off (Rhizoctonia solani) on brassica. (c) McKenzie, LandCare Ltd., Courtesy of EcoPort](/sites/default/files/532.400x400_2.jpeg)
![Damping-off of potato (c) Courtesy EcoPort (http://www.ecoport.org): Jürgen Kranz](/sites/default/files/531.400x400.jpeg)
![Damping-off on rice (c) Courtesy EcoPort (http://www.ecoport.org): Jürgen Kranz](/sites/default/files/1281.400x400_2.jpeg)
![Damping-off disease - Phytium sp. on Cucumber (c) Gerlach W. (Courtesy of EcoPort, www.ecoport.org)](/sites/default/files/659.400x400_2.jpeg)
![Damping-off on groundnut (c) Clemson University - USDA Cooperative Extension Slide Series, www.insectimages.org (Courtesy of EcoPort, www.ecoport.org)](/sites/default/files/674.400x400_2.jpeg)
![Damping-off on carrot (Phytium sp.) (c) David B. Langston, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org](/sites/default/files/1307.400x400_7.jpeg)
notes
Notes for REVIEW
mh, 27.6.09 Kindly let me know which images to include (from the more images part) on the damage/symptoms site. (do we have more own images from icipe? i.e. damping-off, wirestem, bottom rot, head rot, root rot) so that I can include them on symptoms page for identification? Cultural methods: include detail info on hot water seed-treatment. Should additional measures provided for tomatos also be included in pestmodules for peppers, potato, eggplant? Have included measures in brassicas, okra pestmodules). Kindly compare pestmodules description and what to do for the hosts provided - i.e. the pestmodule for cucumber is empty, pls provide text.
featured_photo_title
Damping-off disease
feaured_photo_co
A. A. Seif & B. Nyambo, icipe
contentID
99
Is this a Minor Pest?
No
Scientific Name
Pythium spp., Rhizoctonia solani (Thanatephorus cucumeris).
Custom1
Common names; Wilt, Damping-off, Seedling blight, Root rot, Rhizoctonia damping-off, Rhizoctonia