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Phytophthora himalsilva sp. nov. an unusually phenotypically variable species from a remote forest in Nepal.
Fungal biology - 1 Mar 2011
Vettraino Anna Maria, Brasier Clive M, Brown Anna V, Vannini Andrea
Abstract excerpt
The Himalaya have received little investigation for Phytophthora species. In a remote forest in Western Nepal ten isolates of an unknown Phytophthora were recovered from the rhizosphere of Quercus, Castanopsis, Carpinus and Cupressus spp. The Phytophthora, formally named here as a P. himalsilva sp. nov., is homothallic with either amphigynous or paragynous antheridia and papillate, highly variable sporangia which...
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