Mycologia (2012) 104, 1390-1396

Willem A. Man in 't Veld, Karin C.H.M. Rosendahl and Chuanxue Hong (2012)
Phytophthora ×serendipita sp. nov. and P. ×pelgrandis, two destructive pathogens generated by natural hybridization
Mycologia 104 (6), 1390-1396
Abstract: The first natural hybrids in the genus Phytophthora were described in 1998, and they were the result of hybridization between P. nicotianae and P. cactorum. They were described formally as Phytophthora ×pelgrandis in 2009. In 2007 a second type of P. cactorum hybrid species was described, generated by hybridization between P. hedraiandra and P. cactorum; it is described formally here as P. ×serendipita sp. nov. The morphological description of P. ×pelgrandis was incomplete and here we also add several important diagnostic characters of P. ×pelgrandis that were not in its original description. In addition, ITS-SSCP profiles are presented confirming the hybrid identity of both P. ×pelgrandis and P. ×serendipita.
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Database assignments for author(s): Willem A. Man in 't Veld

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
general biology - morphology - evolution
identification/taxonomy

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Phytophthora cactorum
	Phytophthora × pelgrandis
	Phytophthora hedraiandra