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Definition of Thielavia basicola

1. Noun. Fungus causing brown root rot in plants of the pea and potato and cucumber families.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thielavia Basicola

Literary usage of Thielavia basicola

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions by Massachusetts Horticultural Society (1913)
"Describes the violet disease caused by Thielavia basicola. Illustrates the fungus in all ... Ascribes a root disease of sweet peas to Thielavia basicola. ..."

2. Diseases of Truck Crops and Their Control by Jacob Joseph Taubenhaus (1918)
"The mycelium of Thielavia basicola is hyaline, septate, and branched. The mycelium becomes somewhat grayish with age. Three kinds of spore forms are ..."

3. Diseases of Cultivated Plants and Trees by George Massee (1915)
"Black root rot (Thielavia basicola, Zopf) was first met with in England on the roots of peas, and called Torula basicola by Berkeley and Broome. ..."

4. Diseases of Cultivated Plants and Trees by George Massee (1913)
"... summary as to the conditions conducive to serious injury from root-rot are :— (1) Infection of the seed-bed or the field with Thielavia basicola. ..."

5. Fungous Diseases of Plants: With Chapters on Physiology, Culture Methods and by Benjamin Minge Duggar (1909)
"The spores are brown and two-celled. XIX. ROOT ROT OF TOBACCO, VIOLETS, PEAS, LUPINES, ETC. Thielavia basicola (B. & Br.) Zopf. ..."

6. Some New Bacterial Diseases of Legumes and the Relationship of the Organisms by Thomas Franklin Manns (1914)
"This disease has been held to be due to Thielavia basicola, but, in view of these observations, that conclusion seems very doubtful, and I may add that, ..."

7. Diseases of Economic Plants by Frank Lincoln Stevens, John Galentine Hall (1921)
"... (Thielavia basicola) is especially harmful to seedlings, resulting in sudden wilting, which causes them to bend over and dry up. ..."

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