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Eukaryota > Stramenopiles > Oomycetes > Phytophthora

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Phytophthora  

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Entry terms

  • Phytophthora cinnamomi
  • Phytophthora parasitica
  • Phytophthora ramorum
  • Phytophthora sojae

Scope note

  • A genus of destructive parasitic OOMYCETES in the family Peronosporaceae, order Peronosporales, affecting numerous fruit, vegetable, and other crops. Differentiation of zoospores usually takes place in the sporangium and no vesicle is formed. It was previously considered a fungus.

History note

  • 91(75); was see under MASTIGOMYCOTINA 1986-90; was see under PHYCOMYCETES 1975-85

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D010838

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