Preliminary identification of the agent causing the fungal disease of Aldrovanda vesiculosa

0525263 - BÚ 2021 RIV US eng J - Journal Article
Svobodová, I. - Adamec, Lubomír
Preliminary identification of the agent causing the fungal disease of Aldrovanda vesiculosa.
Carnivorous Plant Newsletter. Roč. 49, č. 2 (2020), s. 56-64. ISSN 0190-9215
Institutional support: RVO:67985939
Keywords : Aquatic carnivorous plant * shoot apex damage * Oomycetes
OECD category: Mycology
Method of publishing: Limited access

Aldrovanda vesiculosa L. (Droseraceae) is a critically endangered and rare aquatic carnivorous plant. Growers of Aldrovanda have observed a disorder of shoot apices called Aldrovanda disease. The fungal pathogen of the genera Phytopythium and Pythium of the class Oomycetes was repeatedly found to probably cause the disease. The pathogen occurs permanently in the sedge litter in aquaria or containers, but the factors responsible for its pathogenicity remain unknown.
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