Phytophthora ramorum, the causal agent of sudden oak death and ramorum blight, is known
to exist as three distinct clonal lineages which can only be distinguished by performing …

Species distribution models (SDMs) based on statistical relationships between occurrence
data and underlying environmental conditions are increasingly used to predict spatial …

Recently introduced, exotic plant pathogens may exhibit low genetic diversity and be limited
to clonal reproduction. However, rapidly mutating molecular markers such as microsatellites …

Human‐caused disruptions to seed‐dispersal mutualisms increase the extinction risk for
both plant and animal species. Large‐seeded plants can be particularly vulnerable due to …

A total of 669 isolates of Phytophthora ramorum, the pathogen responsible for Sudden Oak
Death, were collected from 34 Californian forests and from the ornamental plant‐trade …

Phytophthora ramorum (oomycetes) is the causal agent of sudden oak death and ramorum
blight on trees, shrubs, and woody ornamentals in the forests of coastal California and …

The ability of metalaxyl‐M, phosphonic acid in the form of phosphonate, and copper
hydroxide to inhibit different stages in the life cycle of Phytophthora ramorum, the causal …

Phytophthora ramorum attacks many forest and nursery species, primarily causing trunk or
stem cankers, foliar blight, and dieback, and in some species root infection has been …

Sudden oak death (SOD), caused by the recently discovered non-native invasive pathogen,
Phytophthora ramorum, has already killed tens of thousands of native coast live oak and …

Sudden oak death (SOD) has caused widespread mortality in a number of tree and shrub
species throughout coastal Califor-nia. As a result, canopy changes are directly visible from …