Oomycetes form a deep lineage of eukaryotic organisms that includes a large number of
plant pathogens which threaten natural and managed ecosystems. We undertook a survey …

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 (Mont.) de Bary is one of the main pathogens in the agricultural
sector. The most affected are the Solanaceae species, with the potato (Solanum tuberosum) …

In-field molecular diagnosis of plant diseases via nucleic acid amplification is currently
limited by cumbersome protocols for extracting and isolating pathogenic DNA from plant …

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 …

Application of nanoparticles for controlling plant pathogens is a rapidly emerging area in
plant disease management, and nanoparticles synthesis methods that are economical and …

New tools have revealed that migrations of Phytophthora infestans have been a dominant
feature of the population biology of this pathogen for the past 50 years, and maybe for the …

Responsible for the Irish potato famine of 1845–49, the oomycete pathogen Phytophthora
infestans caused persistent, devastating outbreaks of potato late blight across Europe in the …

Phytophthora infestans is the causal agent of potato late blight, a devastating disease of
tomato and potato and a threat to global food security. Early detection and intervention is …

Phytophthora infestans causes potato late blight, an important and costly disease of potato
and tomato crops. Seven clonal lineages of P. infestans identified recently in the United …