Phytophthora inflata
Phytophthora inflata is an oomycete plant pathogen. It was first identified in 1949 in Michigan, USA causing a pit canker on elm trees. It was found in the United Kingdom in 1992 in the roots of Sambucus tenuifolium and Lilac (Syringa vulgaris), in 2003 it was found in a UK nursery infecting Rhododendron ponticum.[1] In the same year it was found in a nursery in Ohio also infecting Rhododendron.[2]
| Phytophthora inflata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Chromista |
| Phylum: | Oomycota |
| Order: | Peronosporales |
| Family: | Peronosporaceae |
| Genus: | Phytophthora |
| Species: | P. inflata |
| Binomial name | |
| Phytophthora inflata Caros. & Tucker, (1949) | |
References
- Schlenzig, A. (2005). "First report of Phytophthora inflata on nursery plants of Rhododendron spp., Gaultheria shalon and Vaccinium vitis-idaea in Scotland". New Disease Reports. 11: 2. Retrieved 22 June 2018 – via www.bspp.org.uk.
- Antonino, Testa; Mikael, Schilb; Jeffrey S., Lehman; Gennaro, Cristinzio; Pierluigi, Bonello (22 June 2018). "First report of Phytophthora insolita and Phytophthora inflata in Rhododendron". www.fedoa.unina.it. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
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