Isolation, identification and pathogenicity of Pythium spp. Causing tomato damping-off in greenhouses


Abstract in English

This study was conducted in the Syrian coastal area to detect tomato seedlings damping-off disease, to identify and isolate fungi responsible of the disease and to evaluate their pathogenicity. Samples were collected from nurseries and greenhouses from four locations (Jableh and Ras Elain from Lattakia and Hressoun and Majdalon Elbahr from Tartous).

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