Phytophthora Information Resource

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Phytophthora is one of the most destructive plant pathogenic oomycete. This fungus devastates crops such as alfalfa, cucurbits, peppers, strawberry,tobacco, potato, black pepper and a variety of tree crops including almonds, apples, avocado, citrus, cocoa and walnuts.

Within the genus Phytophthora there are about sixty four species. The Phytophthora Information Resource is an initiative to understand and control this pathogen by integrating data from morphology to genomics. The system provides an expert system to identify the fungus up to species level using the morphological data .

The summary of sequencing results also provided. Besides information on latest developments from research front, the recent literature on Phytophthora and links to other web resources on Phytophthora are also included.We intended to develop as a comprehensive portal on Phytophthora research. We seek your feedback and inputs for the success of this venture.

News

Access the Phytophthora Database
(Mar, 2005)

Pepper Trees,
Graceful and Tough
By Ron Sullivan
(Mar, 2005)

2005 Wildflower Forecast
(Feb, 2005)

World
Phytophthora
Collection
(Jan, 2005)