Brown rot
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Brown rot may refer to the following diseases:
- Wood-decay fungusWood-decay fungusA wood-decay fungus is a variety of fungus that digests moist wood, causing it to rot. Some wood-decay fungi attack dead wood, such as brown rot, and some, such as Armillaria , are parasitic and colonize living trees. Fungi that not only grow on wood but actually cause it to decay, are called...
, a disease of trees and wood.
- Ralstonia solanacearumRalstonia solanacearumRalstonia solanacearum is an aerobic non-sporing, Gram-negative plant pathogenic bacterium. R. solanacearum is soil-borne and motile with a polar flagellar tuft. It colonises the xylem, causing bacterial wilt in a very wide range of potential host plants...
, a disease of plants caused by bacteria.
- Monilinia fructicolaMonilinia fructicolaMonilinia fructicola is a species of fungus in the order Helotiales. A plant pathogen, it is the causal agent of brown rot of stone fruits.-Stone Fruit :...
, a disease of stone fruits.