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Phenotypic variation within a clonal lineage of Phytophthora infestans infecting both tomato and potato in Nicaragua.
Phytopathology - 1 Mar 2012
Blandón-Díaz J U, Widmark A-K, Hannukkala A, Andersson B, Högberg N, Yuen J E
Abstract excerpt
Late blight caused by Phytophthora infestans (Mont.) de Bary is a constraint to both potato and tomato crops in Nicaragua. The hypothesis that the Nicaraguan population of P. infestans is genotypically and phenotypically diverse and potentially subdivided based on host association was tested. A collection of isolates was analyzed using genotypic markers (microsatellites and mitochondrial DNA haplotype) and...
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