Widely Prevalent Plant Pathogen Status - This map is based on data from the Widely Prevalent Fungi Project, a collabaration between USDA APHIS PPQ and the American Phytopathological Society. See www.PrevalentFungi.org for more information.
Kingdom: Fungi |
Phylum: Basidiomycota |
Subphylum: Hymenomycotina |
Class: Agaricomycetes |
Subclass: Agaricomycetidae |
Order: Ceratobasidiales |
Family: Ceratobasidiaceae |
Genus: Rhizoctonia |
Subject: Rhizoctonia solani J.G. Kühn |
Other Common Names:
white blight, target spot, Rhizoctonia aerial blight, Rhizoctonia damping-off and fruit rot, target spot or sore shin of tobacco, Rhizoctonia brown patch, Rhizoctonia root rot, wirestem, Rice sheath blight
Related Scientific Names:
Thanatephorus cucumeris (A.B. Frank) Donk (Teleomorph)
Corticium solani (Prill. & Delacr.) Bourdot & Galzin (Synonym)
Moniliopsis aderholdii Ruhland (Synonym)
Rhizoctonia napaeae Westend. & Wallays (Synonym)