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Phytophthora foliorum sp. nov., a new species causing leaf blight of azalea.
Mycological research - 1 Nov 2006
Donahoo Ryan, Blomquist Cheryl L, Thomas Samantha L, Moulton John K, Cooke David E L, Lamour Kurt Haas
Abstract excerpt
A previously unknown Phytophthora was recovered more than 60 times from evergreen hybrid azalea leaves collected during surveys for the sudden oak death pathogen Phytophthora ramorum in California and Tennessee. The novel Phytophthora was discovered when genomic DNA from this species cross-reacted with the ITS-based diagnostic PCR primers used to screen plants for the presence of P. ramorum. This species had...
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