Document Type
Thesis - Open Access
Award Date
1957
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department / School
Plant Pathology
Abstract
A seedling disease has been observed throughout the flax-growing areas of South Dakota for a number of years. The importance of this disease has probably been overlooked, however, because of the sporadic and unpredictable serious outbreaks; but in recent years the disease has reached epiphytotic proportions and hundreds if acres have been destroyed and plowed under. In some fields, stands have been so severely thinned that weeds have become a serious problem and yields of flax have been markedly reduced. The specific cause if these serious outbreaks of seedling blight in South Dakota was not known. Preliminary observations, however, suggested that it may have been due to Rhizoctonia solani Kühn oone of several pathogens known to cause similar losses in stands of flax. In the present study, basic information essential to development of control measures for South Dakota has been sought. This paper deals with the identification of the causal fungi, study of the symptoms they induce, conditions which influence the expression of the disease, and investigations of methods of control.
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Flax -- Disease and pests
Description
Includes bibliographical references (page 69-71)
Format
application/pdf
Number of Pages
79
Publisher
South Dakota State University
Rights
No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
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Recommended Citation
Pederson, Vernyl D., "Etiology and Control of a Seedling Blight of Flax Caused by Rhizoctonia solani Kühn" (1957). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 2400.
https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/etd/2400