Symptoms of Phytophthora diseases and morphology of the species (IMAGE)

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Symptoms of Phytophthora diseases and morphology of the species

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Symptoms of Phytophthora diseases and morphology of the species: A, late blight of tomato caused by Phytophthora infestans; B, Phytophthora blight of cucurbits caused by P. capsici; C, crown rot and leather rot of strawberry caused by P. cactorum; D, black pod rot of cacao caused by P. palmivora; E, dieback and tree death of Quercus suber caused by P. cinnamomi; F, dieback and tree death of cypress caused by P. austrocedri in Patagonia, Argentina.

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A and D, Scot Nelson; B and F, Gloria Abad; C, Frank Louws; E, Bruno Scanu and Antonio Franceschini. Morphology of species in A, B, C, D, E, and F by Gloria Abad. Source of photos: IDphy Phytophthora (https://idtools.org/phytophthora/).

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