Article
The Crayfish Plague Pathogen <em>Aphanomyces astaci</em> in Ireland.
2023-12-01
Abstract excerpt
The crayfish plague is a devastating disease of European freshwater crayfish and is caused by the oomycete Aphanomyces astaci (Ap. astaci), which was introduced to Europe around 1860. All European species of freshwater crayfish are susceptible to the disease, including the white-clawed crayfish Austropotamobius pallipes. The aquatic mould is primarily spread by North American crayfish species and can also disperse...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 564d50ea-116e-50d3-90b6-be93186d1845
- DOI
- 10.20944/preprints202312.0039.v1
