Snow mould caused by a Pythium sp.: a potential vascular plant pathogen in the maritime Antarctic

• Published in: Plant Pathology
• Main Authors: Bridge, P. D., Newsham, K. K., Denton, G. J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2008
• Subjects: Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctica; Signy Island; South Orkney Islands
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3059.2008.01868.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1365-3059.2008.01868.x; http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/wol1/doi/10.1111/j.1365-3059.2008.01868.x/fullpdf

The pathogenicity of an isolate of a Pythium species from Signy Island in the South Orkney Islands was tested against the Antarctic hairgrass Deschampsia antarctica . The isolate was found to infect plants at 8ºC and to cause foliar and root symptoms similar to those seen in other Pythium infections...