Phytophthora citricola

Taxobox
color = khaki
name = "Phytophthora citricola"
regnum = Chromista
phylum = Oomycota
classis = Oomycetes
subclassis = Incertae sedis
ordo = Pythiales
familia = Pythiaceae
genus = "Phytophthora"
species = "P. citricola"
binomial = "Phytophthora citricola"
binomial_authority = Sawada, (1927)
synonyms = "Phytophthora cactorum var. applanata" Chester, (1932)

Phytophthora citricola is a plant pathogen. It was first described by Sawada in 1927 when it was isolated from orange in present-day Taiwan. It has since been found causing disease on a wide variety of plants and is considered to be cosmopolitan.

External links

* [http://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/Names.asp Index Fungorum]
* [http://nt.ars-grin.gov/fungaldatabases USDA ARS Fungal Database]

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