Most members of the oomycete genus Phytophthora are primary plant pathogens. Both soil-
and airborne Phytophthora species are able to survive adverse environmental conditions …

Increasing human impacts on forests, including unintentional movement of pathogens,
climate change, and large-scale intensive plantations, are associated with an …

During 25 surveys of global Phytophthora diversity, conducted between 1998 and 2020, 43
new species were detected in natural ecosystems and, occasionally, in nurseries and …

An analysis of incidence of Phytophthora spp. in 732 European nurseries producing forest
transplants, larger specimen trees, landscape plants and ornamentals, plus 2525 areas in …

Soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) is produced across a vast swath of North America, with the
greatest concentration in the Midwest. Root rot diseases and dam**-off are a major …

In forests, trees such as oaks (Quercus spp.) fulfill key ecological functions, including nutrient
and water cycling. In the last decades, climate change and its related environmental …

Recycling of irrigation water increases disease risks due to spread of waterborne oomycete
plant pathogens such as Phytophthora, Pythium, and Phytopythium. A comprehensive …

Various hypotheses have been proposed regarding the origin of the plant pathogen
Phytophthora cinnamomi. P. cinnamomi is a devastating, highly invasive soilborne pathogen …

Plant trade coupled with climate change has led to the increased spread of well-known and
new Phytophthora species, a group of fungus-like organisms placed in the Kingdom …

The plant nursery industry has become an ideal reservoir for Phytophthora species and
other soilborne pathogens. In this context, isolation from tissues and soil of ornamental and …