History
In 1858, Julius Kuhn observed a fungus on diseased potato tubers and named in Rhizoctonia solani. This is a widespread, destructive, and versatile plant pathogen. The fungus occurs in all parts of the world, and is capable of attacking many different host plants, causing seed decay, damping-off, stem cankers, fruit decay, and foliage diseases.
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