Protists include all eukaryotes except plants, fungi and animals. They are an essential, yet
often forgotten, component of the soil microbiome. Method developments have now …

Fungi, nematodes and oomycetes belong to the most prominent eukaryotic plant pathogenic
organisms. Unicellular organisms from other eukaryotic lineages, commonly addressed as …

Abstract Background The protist Plasmodiophora brassicae is a soil-borne pathogen of
cruciferous species and the causal agent of clubroot disease of Brassicas including …

Living organisms in aquatic ecosystems are almost constantly confronted by pathogens.
Nevertheless, very little is known about diseases of marine diatoms, the main primary …

This chapter discusses the major potato diseases worldwide: late blight, early blight, wart,
and powdery scab. Late blight, caused by the oomycete Phytophthora infestans, continues …

Background Phytomyxids (plasmodiophorids and phagomyxids) are cosmopolitan, obligate
biotrophic protist parasites of plants, diatoms, oomycetes and brown algae …

Clubroot is one of the most economically significant diseases worldwide. As a result, many
investigations focus on both curing the disease and in-depth molecular studies. Although the …

About 20 species of viruses belonging to five genera, Benyvirus, Furovirus, Pecluvirus,
Pomovirus and Bymovirus, are known to be transmitted by plasmodiophorids. These viruses …

Phytomyxea (plasmodiophorids) is an enigmatic group of obligate biotrophic parasites. Most
of the known 41 species are associated with terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems …

Plasmodiophora brassicae causes clubroot on cruciferous plants and causes worldwide
huge economical losses on important Brassica crops. P. brassicae infection produces large …