Olpidium brassicae
Appearance
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Olpidium brassicae | |
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Scientific classification | |
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Class: | incertae sedis
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Order: | incertae sedis
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Species: | O. brassicae
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Binomial name | |
Olpidium brassicae (Woronin) P.A. Dang., Annls Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 7: 327 (1886)
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Synonyms | |
Asterocystis radicis De Wild., (1893) |
Olpidium brassicae is a plant pathogen, it is a fungal obligate parasite. In 1983, the Alsike, Alberta area's clover (which is a major part of horses' diet) was struck by a fungus epidemic of Olpidium brassicae, previously not seen in Canada.[1]
Vector
[edit]O. brassicae is the fungal vector for most, if not all, necroviruses.
References
[edit]- ^ J. P. Tewari and P. Bains, Fungi associated with the roots of clover in Alberta. I. Olpidium brassicae and Ligniera sp. Canadian Plant Disease Survey 63:2, 1983 35, found at CPS-SCP of Canada website[permanent dead link]. Accessed January 11, 2010.
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