The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Phytophthora

a genus of lower fungi of the family Phytophthoraceae (Pythiaceae), order Peronosporales. Reproduction is asexual (by means of conidia) or sexual (by means of oospores). The genus embraces more than 40 species, which are found on all continents; the USSR has approximately 20 species. Some species cause serious plant diseases called phytophthoroses. The most harmful species is P. infestans, which infects the potato, tomato, and many other plants of the family Solanaceae.

REFERENCE

Novotel’nova, Ne. S. Fitoftorovye griby (Sem. Phytophthoraceae). Leningrad, 1974.

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Late blight of potato (Phytophthora infestans) biology, economic importance and its management approaches.

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

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Expresion de efectores RXLR en el linaje clonal EC-1 de Phytophthora infestans en Peru

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