rhizoctonia
/rahy-zok-toh-nee-uh/US // ˌraɪ zɒkˈtoʊ ni ə //
根瘤菌,根瘤病,根瘤菌属,根瘤病毒
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : any of various soil-inhabiting fungi of the genus Rhizoctonia, some species of which are destructive to cultivated plants, causing damping off of seedlings, foliage blight, root and stem cankers, and rot of storage organs.
Examples
This Rhizoctonia is a mere spawn or mycelium, a mass of rusty-brown material like a thick coating of spider's web of a red tint.
The fungus causing it (Rhizoctonia) attacks the roots and base of the stem, forming dark cankers.
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