Assessing Phytophthora Zoospore Activity to Enhance Disease Management and Promote Ecological Surveillance of Chestnut Ink Disease

Phytophthora cinnamomi and P. cambivora are soil borne oomycetes that cause Chestnut Ink Disease, a lethal and widespread disease of the European chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.). Soil moisture is a key factor for the onset of Phytophthora root rot epidemics. Zoospores are the main infective propagu...

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Main Author: Gouveia, Maria Eugénia (author)
Other Authors: Nunes, Luís (author)
Format: conferenceObject
Language:eng
Published: 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10198/12849
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:bibliotecadigital.ipb.pt:10198/12849