Crown rot (Phytophthora cactorum) causes significant economic losses in strawberry production. The best control strategy would be to use resistant cultivars, but polygenically inherited resistance makes the breeding of the garden strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa) challenging. The diploid wild strawberry Fragaria vesca Hawaii 4 genotype was shown previously to have resistance against crown rot. T...

Phytophthora cactorum, Ph. cambivora, Ph. cinnamomi, Ph. citricola, Ph. cryptogea, Ph. drechsleri, Ph. infestans, Ph. megasperma, Ph. parasitica, and Ph. syringae contain GSH-conjugation systems as indicated by the presence of active GST enzyme in addition to GSH. Basal levels of both GSH and GST in the thalli of Phytophthora strains studied did not correlate with either fungal sensitivity to p...

Lecithin washed with NaCl solution was stimulatory to oospore formation of Phytophthora boehmeriae, P. sojae, P. cactorum, and Pythium aphanidermatum. Commercial glycerides of palmitic acid with 99% purity were found to contain a substance inhibitory to oospore formation. Purification with florisil column chromatography was more effective in removing the inhibitory substance than thin-layer chr...

Major diseases in grafted cacti have been reported and Fusarium oxysporum, Bipolaris cactivora, Phytophthora spp. and Collectotrichum spp. are known as causal pathogens. These pathogens can lead to plant death after infection. Therefore, some European countries have quarantined imported cacti that are infected with specific fungal pathogens. Consequently, we developed PCR detection methods to i...

In declining broadleaf forests in western Ukraine, several Phytophthora species including P. plurivora, bilorbang, polonica, gonapodyides and cactorum were recovered using soil baiting assays identified morphological molecular methods. Pathogenicity tests of selected isolates performed on black alder (Alnus glutinosa (L.) Gaerth.) silver birch (Betula pendula Roth.) to assess susceptibility the...

The recent incidence of Ramorum blight, caused by Phytophthora ramorum, on many nursery crops has focused attention on improving management strategies against Phytophthora diseases in nurseries. We evaluated several chemical agents that target Oomycete pathogens for their capacity to inhibit infection of rhododendron or lilac leaves by P. ramorum (both NA strain 2027 mating type A2 and European...