Emerging fungal and oomycete pathogens infect staple calorie crops and economically
important commodity crops, thereby posing a significant risk to global food security. Our …

Phytophthora infestans has been a named pathogen for well over 150 years and yet it
continues to “emerge”, with thousands of articles published each year on it and the late …

Phytophthora infestans remains a problem to production agriculture. Historically there have
been many controversies concerning its biology and pathogenicity, some of which remain …

This book provides basic knowledge on how to produce, multiply and use propagation
material in seed potato production and supply systems world wide. Healthy, vigorous seed …

Phytophthora infestans, the causal agent of late blight, is a major threat to potato production
in northwestern Europe. Before 1980, the worldwide population of P. infestans outside …

The infamous oomycete Phytophthora infestans has been a persistent threat to potato and
tomato production worldwide, causing the diseases known as late blight. This pathogen has …

The central highlands of Mexico are considered to be a center of genetic diversity for both
the potato late blight pathogen and for tuber-bearing Solanum spp. Recent work conducted …

The tomato late blight pandemic of 2009 made late blight into a household term in much of
the eastern United States. Many home gardeners and many organic producers lost most if …

Potato late blight, caused by Phytophthora infestans, is a critical disease of potato and other
solanaceous crops, such as tomato. The history of late blight is, in some ways, the history of …

A total of 134 isolates of Phytophthora infestans were collected from potato and 42 from
tomato fields in Switzerland and France in 1996 and 1997, and compared with isolates from …