Abstract:In recent years, a kind of capsicum disease which could cause root rot in greenhouse occurred popularly in North China. In order to study the pathogen and its proper fungicides to instruct agricultural production, the pathogen was isolated and identified from diseased capsicum collected from different capsicum-production areas in Beijing, Shandong and Liaoning. Pot experiment in greenhouse was used to screen the proper fungicide for the disease. Results showed that the pathogen was identified as Phytophthora capsici Leonion according to the morphological features, culture characteristics, biochemical characteristics and the test of pathogenicity of the pathogen, so the disease was renamed as capsicum phytophthora blight of root rot. Among 10 kinds of fungicides, the best ones showing distinguished control efficacy were enestroburin 25% EC, pyraclostrobin 25% EC and dimethomorph 50% WP, their effect of control were above 80%.