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Phytophthora - destructive parasitic fungi causing brown rot in plants

fungus genus - includes lichen genera

family Pythiaceae, Pythiaceae - fungi having sporangia usually borne successively and singly at the tips of branching sporangiophores

Phytophthora citrophthora - causes brown rot gummosis in citrus fruits

Phytophthora infestans - fungus causing late blight in solanaceous plants especially tomatoes and potatoes

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Despite its economic importance, tomato is susceptible to a wide range of diseases, such as bacterial wilt (Ralstonia solanacearum) (Aloyce et al., 2017), verticillium wilt (Verticillium dahliae), early blight (Altanaria solanii), and late blight (Phytophthora infestans) among others (Kamoun, 2007).

STATUS AND MANAGEMENT OPTIONS OF PHYTOPHTHORA INFESTANS, A CAUSAL AGENT OF THE LATE BLIGHT DISEASE OF TOMATO, IN TROPICAL AFRICA

Re: Soil- and waterborne Phytophthora species linked to recent outbreaks in Northern California restoration sites by Matteo M.

Letter to the editor

Mark Johnson, Forest Enterprise Scotland's harvesting and marketing forester, said: "The tree felling is taking place to tackle the tree disease phytophthora ramorum which is affecting the Dumfries and Galloway region.

Roadworks warning over tree felling

The larch trees have fallen prey to the Phytophthora ramorum disease, which can cause fatal lesions on a tree's trunk.

Thousands of trees to be felled; NEWS IN BRIEF

One potential pest of concern in many countries is Phytophthora ramorum (Hansen et al.

Potential for Using Borates to Mitigate the Risk of Phytophthora ramorum Spread on Douglas-Fir Logs

asperellum's potential to biologically control Phytophthora ramorum.

Fungal hunter prowls soil for plant pathogen

The aggressive disease, Phytophthora ramorum, was first identified in the area in 2011 in a routine survey by the Food and Environment Research Agency.

Trees felled as Midland beauty spot ravaged by plant disease; Part of Lickey Hills cleared as threat grows

The aggressive plant disease Phytophthora ramorum was first identified on the Lickey Hills in 2011 in a routine survey by the Food and Environment Research Agency.

Mass tree felling turns park into a scene of devastation

One of the main diseases seriously impacting bell pepper yields is root and crown rot caused by Phytophthora capsici.

Una estrategia efectiva para reducir la incidencia de la pudricion de raiz y corona por Phytophthora en pimientos