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Synergistic Interactions of Pythium myriotylum with Fusarium solani and Meloidogyne arenaria in Pod Rot of Peanut. R. Garcia, Research Assistant, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida, Gainesville 32611, Present address of senior author: Colégio Superior de Agricultura Tropical, Tabasco, México; D. J. Mitchell, Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida, Gainesville 32611. Phytopathology 65:832-833. DOI: 10.1094/Phyto-65-832.

Peanut pod rot was more severe when pods were exposed to soil containing combinations of Pythium myriotylum and Fusarium solani or Meloidogyne arenaria than when pods were exposed to P. myriotylum alone. Only P. myriotylum alone caused significantly more pod rot than that observed in the controls.