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Developing a taxonomic identification system of Phytophthora species based on microsatellites.
Revista iberoamericana de micologia - 1 Jan 2000
del Castillo-Múnera Johanna, Cárdenas Martha, Pinzón Andrés, Castañeda Adriana, Bernal Adriana J, Restrepo Silvia
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BACKGROUND: Phytophthora is the most important genus of the Oomycete plant pathogens. Nowadays, there are 117 described species in this genus, most of them being primary invaders of plant tissues. The different species are causal agents of diseases in a wide range of crops and plants in natural environments. In order to develop control strategies against Phytophthoraspecies, it is important to know the biology,...
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