Pythium debaryanum | |
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Scientific classification | |
(unranked): | SAR |
Superphylum: | Heterokonta |
Class: | Oomycetes |
Order: | Pythiales |
Family: | Pythiaceae |
Genus: | Pythium |
Species: | P. debaryanum |
Binomial name | |
Pythium debaryanum R. Hesse (1874) |
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Synonyms | |
Eupythium debaryanum (R. Hesse) Nieuwl., (1916) |
Eupythium debaryanum (R. Hesse) Nieuwl., (1916)
Pythium debaryanum is a species of water mould in the family Pythiaceae. It is known as a plant pathogen on many kinds of wild and cultivated plants, including peanut, beet, eucalyptus, tobacco, and pine trees. The plants develop damping off, a disease state.