New-generation sequencing technology in diagnosis of fungal plant pathogens: a dream comes true?

M Aragona, A Haegi, MT Valente, L Riccioni, L Orzali… - Journal of Fungi, 2022 - mdpi.com
The fast and continued progress of high-throughput sequencing (HTS) and the drastic
reduction of its costs have boosted new and unpredictable developments in the field of plant …

[HTML][HTML] Worldwide forest surveys reveal forty-three new species in Phytophthora major Clade 2 with fundamental implications for the evolution and biogeography of …

T Jung, I Milenković, Y Balci, J Janoušek… - Studies in …, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
During 25 surveys of global Phytophthora diversity, conducted between 1998 and 2020, 43
new species were detected in natural ecosystems and, occasionally, in nurseries and …

Extensive morphological and behavioural diversity among fourteen new and seven described species in Phytophthora Clade 10 and its evolutionary implications

T Jung, I Milenković, T Corcobado… - … and Evolution of …, 2022 - ingentaconnect.com
During extensive surveys of global Phytophthora diversity 14 new species detected in
natural ecosystems in Chile, Indonesia, USA (Louisiana), Sweden, Ukraine and Vietnam …

Comparison of Primers for the Detection of Phytophthora (and Other Oomycetes) from Environmental Samples

TI Burgess, D White, SJ Sapsford - Journal of Fungi, 2022 - mdpi.com
Many oomycetes are important plant pathogens that cause devastating diseases in
agricultural fields, orchards, urban areas, and natural ecosystems. Limitations and difficulties …

Monitoring oomycetes in water: combinations of methodologies used to answer key monitoring questions

TR Pettitt - Frontiers in Horticulture, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Monitoring oomycete populations and communities in bodies of water is vital in developing
our understanding of this important group of fungus-like protists that contains many serious …

A Diagnostic Guide to Phytopythium helicoides and Phytopythium vexans Causing Root and Crown Rot Diseases

B Ghimire, F Baysal-Gurel - Plant Health Progress, 2023 - Am Phytopath Society
Phytopythium vexans and Phytopythium helicoides are important waterborne plant
pathogens causing root and crown rot disease in plants from different families (P. vexans …

Eight new Halophytophthora species from marine and brackish-water ecosystems in Portugal and an updated phylogeny for the genus

C Maia, MH Jung, G Carella… - … and Evolution of …, 2022 - ingentaconnect.com
During an oomycete survey in December 2015, 10 previously unknown Halophytophthora
taxa were isolated from marine and brackish water of tidal ponds and channels in …

Characterizing the diversity of oomycetes associated with diseased cotton seedlings in Alabama

OE Olofintila, KS Lawrence, ZA Noel - Plant Disease, 2024 - Am Phytopath Society
Many oomycete species are associated with the seedlings of crops, including upland cotton
(Gossypium hirsutum L.), which leads to annual threats. The diversity of oomycete species in …

THAPBI PICT—a fast, cautious, and accurate metabarcoding analysis pipeline

PJA Cock, DEL Cooke, P Thorpe, L Pritchard - PeerJ, 2023 - peerj.com
THAPBI PICT is an open source software pipeline for metabarcoding analysis of Illumina
paired-end reads, including cases of multiplexing where more than one amplicon is …

Knowledge gaps, research needs, and opportunities in plant disease diagnostic assay development and validation

DM Geiser, FN Martin, AS Espindola… - …, 2023 - Am Phytopath Society
Sequence-based identification and detection technologies have revolutionized plant
disease diagnostics in the last few decades, opening the door to highly selective and …