Definition of Phytophthora infestans

1. Noun. Fungus causing late blight in solanaceous plants especially tomatoes and potatoes.

Group relationships: Genus Phytophthora, Phytophthora
Generic synonyms: Fungus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Phytophthora Infestans

Physick
Physidae
Physopsis
Physostegia virginiana
Physostigma venenosum
Phytelephas macrocarpa
Phytoflagellata
Phytolacca acinosa
Phytolacca americana
Phytolacca dioica
Phytolaccaceae
Phytomastigina
Phytomastigophorasida
Phytophthora citrophthora
Phytophthora infestans (current term)
Phœbus
Phœnicopteridæ
Phæton
Piacenza
Piaf
Piaget
Piagetian
Pianola
Piarist
Piarists
Piauí
Pica pica
Pica pica hudsonia
Picard

Literary usage of Phytophthora infestans

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society by Royal Microscopical Society, London (1882)
"Oospores of Phytophthora infestans.*—M. Cornu has reinvesti- gated the vexed question of the ... Phytophthora infestans ..."

2. A Text-book of Plant Diseases Caused by Cryptogamic Parasites by George Massee (1907)
"It has been proved in the case of potatoes attacked by Phytophthora infestans, causing the well-known potato disease, that the spawn or mycelium of the ..."

3. Phytopathology by American Phytopathological Society (1917)
"Phytophthora infestans has been recorded as occurring on tomatoes by both American and European pathologists. So far as literature on the subject is ..."

4. American Gardening (1890)
"... on potato tubers which had already been partly rotted by the common potato rot fungus, Phytophthora infestans. He found that the pythium would •Bop. ..."

5. Fungous Diseases of Plants, with Chapters on Physiology, Culture Methods and by Benjamin Minge Duggar (1909)
"THE LATE BLIGHT AND ROT OF THE POTATO Phytophthora infestans (Mont.) De Bary CLINTON, GP Downy Mildew, or Blight, Phytophthora infestans (Mont. ..."

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