Phytophthora infestans
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Phytophthora infestans is a plant-pathogenic oomycete best known for causing potato late blight, the disease responsible for the devastating 19th-century Irish Great Famine.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
oomycete
ⓘ
plant pathogen ⓘ water mold ⓘ |
| asexualSporeType | sporangium ⓘ |
| causes |
potato late blight
ⓘ
tomato late blight ⓘ |
| controlMethod |
crop rotation
ⓘ
fungicide application ⓘ resistant cultivars ⓘ sanitation of infected plant material ⓘ |
| describedBy | Heinrich Anton de Bary ⓘ |
| describedInYear | 1876 ⓘ |
| diseaseType |
foliar disease
ⓘ
tuber disease ⓘ |
| dispersalMode |
airborne sporangia
ⓘ
rain-splash dispersal ⓘ |
| domain |
Eukarya
ⓘ
surface form:
Eukaryota
|
| economicImpact | major global potato yield losses ⓘ |
| family | Peronosporaceae ⓘ |
| favorsClimate | cool, wet weather ⓘ |
| genomeSequenced | true ⓘ |
| genomeSize | approximately 240 megabases ⓘ |
| genus | Phytophthora ⓘ |
| historicallyAssociatedWith |
19th-century European potato famines
ⓘ
Great Famine ⓘ
surface form:
Irish Great Famine
|
| host |
Solanum lycopersicum
ⓘ
Solanum tuberosum ⓘ other Solanaceae ⓘ |
| infectionSite |
potato leaves
ⓘ
potato stems ⓘ potato tubers ⓘ |
| kingdom | Stramenopila ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
large, repeat-rich genome
ⓘ
rapid evolution of virulence ⓘ |
| order |
Peronosporaceae
ⓘ
surface form:
Peronosporales
|
| primaryInfectionStructure |
sporangium
ⓘ
zoospore ⓘ |
| reproductionType |
asexual reproduction
ⓘ
sexual reproduction ⓘ |
| sexualSporeType | oospore ⓘ |
| studiedInField |
evolutionary biology
ⓘ
genomics ⓘ plant pathology ⓘ |
| symptom |
dark brown to black leaf blight
ⓘ
tuber rot ⓘ water-soaked leaf lesions ⓘ white sporulation at lesion margins ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.