Olpidium brassicae

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Olpidium brassicae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Family: Olpidiaceae
Genus: Olpidium
Species:
O. brassicae
Binomial name
Olpidium brassicae
(Woronin) P.A. Dang., Annls Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 7: 327 (1886)
Synonyms

Asterocystis radicisDe Wild., (1893)
Chytridium brassicaeWoronin, (1878)
Olpidiaster radicis(De Wild.) Pascher
Pleotrachelus brassicae(Woronin) Sahtiy., (1962)

Contents

Olpidium brassicae is a plant pathogen, it is a fungal obligate parasite. In 1983, the Alsike, Alberta area's clover (which is a major part of horses' diet) was struck by a fungus epidemic of Olpidium brassicae, previously not seen in Canada. [1]

Vector

O. brassicae is the fungal vector for most, if not all, necroviruses.

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References

  1. J. P. Tewari and P. Bains, Fungi associated with the roots of clover in Alberta. I. Olpidium brassicae and Ligniera sp. Canadian Plant Disease Survey 63:2, 1983 35, found at CPS-SCP of Canada website [ permanent dead link ]. Accessed January 11, 2010.