Phytophthora infestans: the plant (and R gene) destroyer

W Fry - Molecular plant pathology, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Phytophthora infestans remains a problem to production agriculture. Historically there have
been many controversies concerning its biology and pathogenicity, some of which remain …

Markers, old and new, for examining Phytophthora infestans diversity

DEL Cooke, AK Lees - Plant pathology, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Late blight, caused by Phytophthora infestans, is an ongoing threat to potato and tomato
crop production worldwide and considerable fundamental and applied research is …

Genome analyses of an aggressive and invasive lineage of the Irish potato famine pathogen

DEL Cooke, LM Cano, S Raffaele, RA Bain, LR Cooke… - 2012 - journals.plos.org
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 …

Climate change may have limited effect on global risk of potato late blight

AH Sparks, GA Forbes, RJ Hijmans… - Global change …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Weather affects the severity of many plant diseases, and climate change is likely to alter the
patterns of crop disease severity. Evaluating possible future patterns can help focus crop …

Climatic indicators for crop infection risk: application to climate change impacts on five major foliar fungal diseases in Northern France

M Launay, J Caubel, G Bourgeois, F Huard… - Agriculture, ecosystems …, 2014 - Elsevier
Since weather has a major influence on the occurrence and development of crop diseases,
valuable insight toward future agricultural planning emerges with assessment tools to …

Genetic evidence of local adaptation of wheat yellow rust (Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici) within France

J Enjalbert, X Duan, M Leconte… - Molecular …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici (PST), a clonal basidiomycete causing yellow rust disease on
wheat, has a long record of 'overcoming'cultivar resistance introduced by breeders. Despite …

Survival of Phytophthora infestans Sporangia Exposed to Solar Radiation

ESG Mizubuti, DE Aylor, WE Fry - Phytopathology, 2000 - Am Phytopath Society
The effect of solar irradiance (SI) on the viability of sporangia of isolates belonging to two
clonal lineages, US-1 and US-8, of Phytophthora infestans was assessed. Exposure during …

Variation in populations of Phytophthora infestans in Finland and Norway: mating type, metalaxyl resistance and virulence phenotype

Hermansen, Hannukkala, H Nærstad… - Plant pathology, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Phytophthora infestans was isolated from potato leaves and tubers collected from different
parts of Finland in 1990–96 and Norway in 1993–96. Isolates were assessed for mating …

Analysing potato late blight control as a social-ecological system using fuzzy cognitive mapping

FCA Pacilly, JCJ Groot, GJ Hofstede… - Agronomy for …, 2016 - Springer
Potato late blight, caused by Phytophthora infestans, is one of the main diseases in potato
production, causing major losses in yield. Applying environmentally harmful fungicides is the …

Phenotypic Characterization of Recent Clonal Lineages of Phytophthora infestans in the United States

G Danies, IM Small, K Myers, R Childers… - Plant …, 2013 - Am Phytopath Society
Phytophthora infestans, the causal agent of late blight disease, has been reported in the
United States and Canada since the mid-nineteenth century. Due to the lack of or very …