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Andrew K. Gonsalves, Educational Specialist
Stephen A. Ferreira, Extension Plant Pathologist
Department of Plant Pathology, CTAHR
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Over fourteen Phytophthora species have been reported to occur in Hawaii (Raabe, et al., 1981). The following is a list of the reported pathogens from this genus (Phytophthora) and the hosts they infect. The list is organized by the scientific name of the pathogen species (CAPITAL LETTERS), followed by the symptom or disease a given pathogen causes on the listed hosts.
PHYTOPHTHORA CACTORUM
Root Rot:
PHYTOPHTHORA CAPSICI
Crown Rot:
Fruit Rot:
Raceme Blight:
PHYTOPHTHORA CASTANEAE
PHYTOPHTHORA CINNAMOMI
Decline:
Moderately Tolerant to the Fungus:
Trunk Canker:
Other:
PHYTOPHTHORA CITROPHTHORA
Fruit Brown Rot:
PHYTOPHTHORA COLOCASIAE
Phytophthora Leaf Blight:
PHYTOPHTHORA DRECHSLERI
Canker:
PHYTOPHTHORA INFESTANS
Late Blight:
PHYTOPHTHORA KATSURAE
PHYTOPHTHORA MANOANA
PHYTOPHTHORA NICOTIANAE var. PARASITICA
Phytophthora Blight:
PHYTOPHTHORA PALMIVORA
Black Rot:
Heart Rot:
PHYTOPHTHORA PARASITICA
Fruit and Stem Rot, Damping-Off:
Leafspot:
PHYTOPHTHORA SP.
Damping-Off and Root Rot:
KINGDOM: Mycetae (fungi)
DIVISION: Eumycota
SUBDIVISION: Mastigomycotina
CLASS: Oomycetes (water molds, white rusts, downy mildews)
ORDER: Peronosporales
FAMILY: Pythiaceae
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Agrios, G.N. 1988. Plant Pathology, 3rd edition. Academic Press, Inc: San Diego. 803 pp.
Farr, , D.F., G.F. Bills, G.P. Chamuris, and A.Y. Rossman. 1989. Fungi on Plants and Plant Products in the United States. APS PRESS: St. Paul, Minnesota. 1252 pp.
Raabe, Robert D., Ibra L. Conners, and Albert P. Martinez. 1981. Checklist of Plant Diseases in Hawaii. Hawaii Institute of Agriculture and Human Resources, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, University of Hawaii (Information Text Series 022).
Streets, R.B. 1982. The Diagnosis of Plant Diseases: a field and laboratory manual emphasizing the most practical methods for rapid identification. The University of Arizona Press: Tucson, Arizona.
JUNE 1994
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