A soil borne pathogen is a
disease-causing agent which lives both in
soil and in a
plant host
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, and which will tend to infect undiseased plants which are grown in that soil.
Common soil borne pathogens include ''
Fusarium'',
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Pythium'',
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Rhizoctonia'',
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Phytophthora'',
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Verticillium
''Verticillium'' is a genus of fungi in the division Ascomycota, and are an anamorphic form of the family Plectosphaerellaceae. The genus used to include diverse groups comprising saprobes and parasites of higher plants, insects, nematodes, mo ...
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Rhizopus'',
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Thielaviopsis
''Thielaviopsis'' is a small genus of fungi in the order Microascales, and family Ceratocystidaceae. The genus includes several important agricultural based pathogens. The most widespread is ''T. basicola'', the causal agent in several root rot ...
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and
nematode
The nematodes ( or grc-gre, Νηματώδη; la, Nematoda) or roundworms constitute the phylum Nematoda (also called Nemathelminthes), with plant-Parasitism, parasitic nematodes also known as eelworms. They are a diverse animal phylum inhab ...
s
including ''
Meloidogyne
Root-knot nematodes are plant-parasitic nematodes from the genus ''Meloidogyne''. They exist in soil in areas with hot climates or short winters. About 2000 plants worldwide are susceptible to infection by root-knot nematodes and they cause appro ...
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References
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Soil science
Plant pathogens and diseases