Phytophthora cambivora | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | Sar |
Clade: | Stramenopiles |
Phylum: | Oomycota |
Order: | Peronosporales |
Family: | Peronosporaceae |
Genus: | Phytophthora |
Species: | P. ×cambivora |
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Phytophthora ×cambivora | |
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Phytophthora × cambivora is a plant pathogen that causes ink disease in European chestnut trees ( Castanea sativa ). Ink disease, also caused by Phytophthora cinnamomi , is thought to have been present in Europe since the 18th century, and causes chestnut trees to wilt and die; major epidemics occurred during the 19th and 20th centuries. P. cinnamomi and P. × cambivora are now present throughout Europe since the 1990s. Ink disease has resurged, often causing high mortality of trees, particularly in Portugal, Italy, and France. [1] It has also been isolated from a number of different species since the 1990s, including:
Some species of mycorrhiza (including Amanita muscaria , Suillellus luridus , and Hebeloma radicosum ) may provide protection from P. cambivora in European chestnuts. [7]
Phytophthora × cambivora appears to be a hybrid, although the parentage is currently unknown. [8]
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