Fungi and oomycetes include deep and diverse lineages of eukaryotic plant pathogens. The
last 10 years have seen the sequencing of the genomes of a multitude of species of these so …

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 …

The global diversity of fungi has been estimated between 2 to 11 million species, of which
only about 155 000 have been named. Most fungi are invisible to the unaided eye, but they …

Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense (Foc), the causal agent of Fusarium wilt or Panama
disease on banana, is one of the major constraints in banana production worldwide …

Phytophthora infestans, the cause of potato late blight, is infamous for having triggered the
Irish Great Famine in the 1840s. Until the late 1970s, P. infestans diversity outside of its …

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

Pest and pathogen losses jeopardise global food security and ever since the 19th century
Irish famine, potato late blight has exemplified this threat. The causal oomycete pathogen …

Plant diseases caused by Phytophthora species will remain an ever increasing threat to
agriculture and natural ecosystems. Phytophthora literally means plant destroyer, a name …

Potato (Solanum tuberosum) is the world's third-largest food crop. It severely suffers from
late blight, a devastating disease caused by Phytophthora infestans. This oomycete …

Plant pathogens can emerge in agricultural ecosystems through several mechanisms,
including host-tracking, host jumps, hybridization and horizontal gene transfer. High …