Blight of moss caused by Pythium sp. in Greenland

• Main Authors: Hoshino, Tamotsu, Tojo, Motoaki, Yomoto, Isao
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Danish Polar Center/Museum Tusculanum Press 2006
• Subjects: Arctic; Greenland; Kangerlussuaq; Ittoqqortoormiit; Ammassalik; greenlandic; Kulusuk
• Online Access: https://tidsskrift.dk/meddrgroenland_biosci/article/view/142871

Pythium sp. actively attacks mosses (Sanionia uncinata) growing in Kangerlussuaq, Ammassalik, Kulusuk, and Ittoqqortoormiit, Greenland. This is the first report of the occurrence of Pythium moss blight in Greenland. All isolates from Greenland could grow at o ° C, and the mycelial growth rate of iso...