Definition of Thielavia

1. Noun. Genus of fungi having spherical brown perithecia and some conidia borne in chains; cause root rot.

Exact synonyms: Genus Thielavia
Generic synonyms: Fungus Genus
Group relationships: Aspergillaceae, Family Aspergillaceae
Member holonyms: Brown Root Rot Fungus, Thielavia Basicola

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thielavia

Thessaloniki
Thessaly
Thetidian
Thetis
Thevetia
Thevetia neriifolia
Thevetia peruviana
Thezac-Porsmeur method
Theætetus
Thiara
Thibet
Thibetan
Thibetans
Thibetian
Thibetians
Thielavia (current term)
Thielavia basicola
Thiemann's disease
Thiemann's syndrome
Thier
Thiers
Thiersch
Thiersch's canaliculi
Thiersch's graft operation
Thiersch's method
Thiersch's operation
Thiersch graft
Thimbu
Thimphu

Literary usage of Thielavia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry (1910)
"Specimens of the diseased plants were sent to the mycologist of the Bureau of Plant Industry, Mrs. FW Patterson, and the fungus Thielavia basicola causing ..."

2. The Diseases of the Sweet Pea by Jacob Joseph Taubenhaus (1914)
"In every case where Thielavia has been reported as a parasite on other hosts, it has been found on the roots and not on the stem. ..."

3. Transactions by Massachusetts Horticultural Society (1913)
"Reports the occurrence of Thielavia on tobacco roots in America. ... Extended description and illustrations of the tobacco Thielavia with bibliography. ..."

4. Diseases of Truck Crops and Their Control by Jacob Joseph Taubenhaus (1918)
"Plants severely infected with Thielavia have practically no root system, ... The mycelium of Thielavia basicola is hyaline, septate, and branched. ..."

5. Diseases of Cultivated Plants and Trees by George Massee (1913)
"The author's summary as to the conditions conducive to serious injury from root-rot are :— (1) Infection of the seed-bed or the field with Thielavia ..."

6. Fungous Diseases of Plants: With Chapters on Physiology, Culture Methods and by Benjamin Minge Duggar (1909)
"The spores are brown and two-celled. XIX. ROOT ROT OF TOBACCO, VIOLETS, PEAS, LUPINES, ETC. Thielavia basicola (B. & Br.) Zopf. ..."

7. Diseases of Economic Plants by Frank Lincoln Stevens, John Galentine Hall (1921)
"Thielavia-root-rot (Thielavia basicola) is especially harmful to seedlings, resulting in sudden wilting, which causes them to bend over and dry up. ..."

8. Diseases of Cultivated Plants and Trees by George Massee (1915)
"Black root rot (Thielavia basicola, Zopf) was first met with in England on the roots of peas, and called Torula basicola by Berkeley and Broome. ..."

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