Plasmodiophora brassicae Woronin
(Club-root or Finger-and-toe Of Cabbage - causative organism)

Interactions where Plasmodiophora brassicae is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage		Summary			Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Taxon Uncertain	Active State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Uncertain	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Indoors etc	Season
		causes gall of swollen, distorted, often fused root			BRASSICACEAE	cabbages, cresses etc.	Brassicales	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986	/Protozoa/Cercozoa/Phytomyxea/Plasmodiophorida/Plasmodiophoridae/Plasmodiophora brassicae/	Plasmodiophora brassicae	club-root or finger-and-toe of cabbage - causative organism					Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/	Brassicaceae	cabbages, cresses etc.		swollen, distorted, often fused	root		Major
		causes gall of swollen, distorted, often fused root			Brassica	cabbages, mustards, turnips and rape	Brassicales: Brassicaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Protozoa/Cercozoa/Phytomyxea/Plasmodiophorida/Plasmodiophoridae/Plasmodiophora brassicae/	Plasmodiophora brassicae	club-root or finger-and-toe of cabbage - causative organism					Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassica/	Brassica	cabbages, mustards, turnips and rape		swollen, distorted, often fused	root		Major
		causes gall of swollen, distorted, often fused root			Brassica napus ssp rapifera	Swede	Brassicales: Brassicaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Protozoa/Cercozoa/Phytomyxea/Plasmodiophorida/Plasmodiophoridae/Plasmodiophora brassicae/	Plasmodiophora brassicae	club-root or finger-and-toe of cabbage - causative organism					Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassica napus subsp. rapifera/	Brassica napus subsp. rapifera	swede		swollen, distorted, often fused	root		Major
		causes gall of swollen, distorted, often fused root			Brassica oleracea var botrytis	Cauliflower	Brassicales: Brassicaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Protozoa/Cercozoa/Phytomyxea/Plasmodiophorida/Plasmodiophoridae/Plasmodiophora brassicae/	Plasmodiophora brassicae	club-root or finger-and-toe of cabbage - causative organism					Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassica oleracea var. botrytis/	Brassica oleracea var. botrytis	cauliflower		swollen, distorted, often fused	root		Major
		causes gall of swollen, distorted, often fused root			Brassica oleracea var capitata	Cabbage	Brassicales: Brassicaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Protozoa/Cercozoa/Phytomyxea/Plasmodiophorida/Plasmodiophoridae/Plasmodiophora brassicae/	Plasmodiophora brassicae	club-root or finger-and-toe of cabbage - causative organism					Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassica oleracea var. capitata/	Brassica oleracea var. capitata	cabbage		swollen, distorted, often fused	root		Major
		causes gall of swollen, distorted, often fused root			Brassica oleracea var gemmifera	Brussels-sprout	Brassicales: Brassicaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Protozoa/Cercozoa/Phytomyxea/Plasmodiophorida/Plasmodiophoridae/Plasmodiophora brassicae/	Plasmodiophora brassicae	club-root or finger-and-toe of cabbage - causative organism					Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassica oleracea var. gemmifera/	Brassica oleracea var. gemmifera	Brussels-sprout		swollen, distorted, often fused	root		Major
		causes gall of swollen, distorted, often fused root			Brassica rapa	Turnip	Brassicales: Brassicaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Protozoa/Cercozoa/Phytomyxea/Plasmodiophorida/Plasmodiophoridae/Plasmodiophora brassicae/	Plasmodiophora brassicae	club-root or finger-and-toe of cabbage - causative organism					Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassica rapa/	Brassica rapa	turnip		swollen, distorted, often fused	root		Major
		causes gall of swollen, distorted, often fused root			Erysimum cheiri	Wallflower	Brassicales: Brassicaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Protozoa/Cercozoa/Phytomyxea/Plasmodiophorida/Plasmodiophoridae/Plasmodiophora brassicae/	Plasmodiophora brassicae	club-root or finger-and-toe of cabbage - causative organism					Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Erysimum cheiri/	Erysimum cheiri	wallflower		swollen, distorted, often fused	root		Major
		causes gall of swollen, distorted, often fused root			Matthiola	stocks	Brassicales: Brassicaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Protozoa/Cercozoa/Phytomyxea/Plasmodiophorida/Plasmodiophoridae/Plasmodiophora brassicae/	Plasmodiophora brassicae	club-root or finger-and-toe of cabbage - causative organism					Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Matthiola/	Matthiola	stocks		swollen, distorted, often fused	root		Major

Author & Year	Title	Source
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants	Collins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986	Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls	95pp, British Plant Gall Society (BPGS)

Plasmodiophora brassicae (Club-root or Finger-and-toe Of Cabbage - causative organism) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

PROTOZOA
(protists, single-celled organisms)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Plasmodiophora brassicae (Club-root or Finger-and-toe Of Cabbage - causative organism)
Family	PLASMODIOPHORIDAE (a family of protozoans)
Order	PLASMODIOPHORIDA (an order of slime moulds)
Class	PHYTOMYXEA (a class of slime moulds)
Subphylum	ENDOMYXA (a subphylum of protozoans)
Phylum	CERCOZOA (a phylum of protozoans)
Kingdom	PROTOZOA (protists, single-celled organisms)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Plasmodiophora brassicae is also a member of:
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Cercozoa)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Plasmodiophora brassicae (Club-root or Finger-and-toe Of Cabbage - causative organism)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Anon.	2010	Clubroot – Faster and more sensitive test now available	Plant Clinic News January: 1.

Plasmodiophora brassicae (Club-root or Finger-and-toe Of Cabbage - causative organism) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

CERCOZOA
(a phylum of protozoans)

PROTOZOA
(protists, single-celled organisms)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Plasmodiophora brassicae (Club-root or Finger-and-toe Of Cabbage - causative organism):

PLASMODIOPHORIDAE
(a family of protozoans)

CERCOZOA
(a phylum of protozoans)

PROTOZOA
(protists, single-celled organisms)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

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