Phytophthora : a global perspective /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2013.
• Series: CABI plant protection series ; 2.
• Subjects: Phytophthora.; Plant diseases.; Plants, Protection of.; Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Diseases of Plants, (New March 2000); Forests and Forest Trees (Biology and Ecology); Microbial Ecology, (New March 2000); Molecular Biology and Molecular Genetics, (Discontinued March 2000, Reinstated and Revised June 2002); Taxonomy and Evolution.; Genetics and Molecular Biology of Microorganisms, (New March 2000); Fungi.; Forests.; Fungal diseases.; Greenhouses.; Hybrids.; Interspecific hybridization.; Molecular taxonomy.; Nurseries.; Phylogenetics.; Plant pathogenic fungi.; Plant pathogens.; Taxonomy.; Electronic books.
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This book begins with an account of the early history of Phytophthora research and the tumultuous events setting the genus in motion. In keeping with its controversial inception, the chapter on taxonomy and phylogeny makes a compelling case that our current notion of Phytophthora as a genus is illus...

Table of Contents:

• A historical perspective of Phytophthora / Olaf K. Ribeiro
• Taxonomy and phylogeny of Phytophthora and related oomycetes / Marco Thines
• Molecular identification of Phytophthora / Frank N. Martin
• Characterizing Phytophthora populations / Kurt Lamour
• Phytophthora species hybrids : a novel threat to crops and natural ecosystems / Tibor E<U+00cc><U+00fd>rsek and Willem A. Man in 't Veld
• Phytophthora infestans and Phytophthora andina on solanaceous hosts in South America / Gregory A. Forbes, Juan G. Morales, Silvia Restrepo, Willmer Pe<U+00cc><U+00fd>rez, Soledad Gamboa, Romina Ruiz, Luis Ceden<U+00cc><U+0092>o, Gustavo Fermin, Adriana B. Andreu, Ivette Acun<U+00cc><U+0092>a and Ricardo Oliva
• Phytophthora infestans and potato late blight in Europe / David E.L. Cooke and Bjo<U+00cc>¡rn Andersson
• Phytophthora infestans in the United States / Dennis Halterman and Amanda J. Gevens
• Phytophthora sojae on soybeans / Anne E. Dorrance
• Biology and management of Phytophthora capsici in the southwestern USA / Soum Sanogo and Paul W. Bosland
• Phytophthora capsici in the eastern USA / Leah Granke, Lina Quesada-Ocampo and Mary Hausbeck
• Taro leaf blight caused by Phytophthora colocasiae / Susan C. Miyasaka, Kurt Lamour, Mike Shintaku, Sandesh Shrestha and Janice Uchida
• Phytophthora nicotianae / Victoria A. Ludowici, Weiwei Zhang, Leila M. Blackman and Adrienne R. Hardham
• Phytophthora cinnamomi in Australia / Wei Y. Hee, Pernelyn S. Torren<U+00cc><U+0092>a, Leila M. Blackman and Adrienne R. Hardham
• Phytophthora in US forests / Yilmaz Balci and John C. Bienapfl
• The impact of invasive Phytophthora species on European forests / Thomas Jung, Anna Maria Vettraino, Thomas Cech and Andrea Vannini
• Phytophthora pinifolia : the cause of Dan<U+00cc><U+0092>o Foliar del Pino on Pinus radiata in Chile / Rodrigo Ahumada, Alessandro Rotella, Miguel Poisson, A<U+00cc><U+00fd>lvaro Dura<U+00cc><U+00fd>n and Michael J. Wingfield
• Phytophthora in woody ornamental nurseries / Ana Pe<U+00cc>Ơrez-Sierra and Thomas Jung
• Distribution and biology of Phytophthora tropicalis / Janice Uchida and Chris Y. Kadooka
• Phytophthora palmivora in tropical tree crops / Andre<U+00cc><U+00fd> Drenth and David Guest
• Phytophthora root rot of avocado / Randy C. Ploetz
• The occurrence and impact of Phytophthora on the African continent / Jan H. Nagel, Marieka Gryzenhout, Bernard Slippers and Michael J. Wingfield
• Phytophthora in Mexico / Sylvia Patricia Ferna<U+00cc><U+00fd>ndez-Pavi<U+00cc><U+00fd>a, Marlene Di<U+00cc><U+00fd>az-Celaya and Gerardo Rodri<U+00cc><U+00fd>guez-Alvarado
• Phytophthora in China / Yuanchao Wang and Suomeng Dong
• Globalization and Phytophthora / Peter Scott, Treena Burgess and Giles Hardy.