Phytophthora

Phytophthora

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    5 Aggressiveness Index?
    By Abdul Majeed · Hazara University
    Abdul Majeed · Hazara University
    Thank George, your provided link solved my problem. according to the method described in the article, composite aggressiveness index can be calculated... [more]
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    10 Can ITS profiling within species of an organism give well differentiated grouping?
    By Umadevi Manivannan · Indian Institute of Spices Research
    Umadevi Manivannan · Indian Institute of Spices Research
    Thank you for the comment. 
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    5 Does anyone have an idea on how long the sporangia will be viable after harvesting them from media ?
    By Shankar Shakya · University of Florida
    Nari Williams · Scion
    Should be fine then, though I haven't worked with P. infestans. All the best 
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    6 Can anyone suggest the best way to harvest the maximum number of Sporangia of Phytophthora infestans?
    By Shankar Shakya · University of Florida
    Shankar Shakya · University of Florida
    Hi Everyone.....Thanks for the suggestions. Yanelis i am interested in sporangia rather than the zoospores. Thanks for suggestion and actually that p... [more]
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    7 Does anyone know the fate of pythium or phytophthora in soil after germination, if there is no host to infect?
    By George Fountas · Iowa State University
    Treena Burgess · Murdoch University
    There has been a fair amount of work done on the fate of Phytophthora cinnamomi in the soil and how long it can survive. It appears that the favorite... [more]
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    1 Research inetrest Host-Pathogen interaction.
    By Sagar Nerkar · National Research Centre for Citrus
    Niklaus Grunwald · United States Department of Agriculture
    There are many universities working on Phytophthora host-pathogen interaction in the US, Canada, Europe, and Australia.  

About Phytophthora

A genus of destructive parasitic OOMYCETES in the family Peronosporaceae, order Peronosporales, affecting numerous fruit, vegetable, and other crops. Differentiation of zoospores usually takes place in the sporangium and no vesicle is formed. It was previously considered a fungus.

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