Phytophthora Infestans: the Plant (and R Gene) Destroyer

Overview

Journal Mol Plant Pathol

Specialty Molecular Biology

Date 2008 Aug 19

PMID 18705878

Citations 202

Authors

William Fry

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Abstract

Phytophthora infestans remains a problem to production agriculture. Historically there have been many controversies concerning its biology and pathogenicity, some of which remain today. Advances in molecular biology and genomics promise to reveal fascinating insight into its pathogenicity and biology. However, the plasticity of its genome as revealed in population diversity and in the abundance of putative effectors means that this oomycete remains a formidable foe.

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