Image credit: Bridgette Gower The fungus zoospores spread through water or soil, so species that live near permanent water sources such as ponds and streams have a greater risk of contracting the ...

The Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service is calling for public help in its efforts to protect the Bunya Mountains National Park from a devastating plant disease, or risk a harsh fine.

It was at the tail end of last season that monitoring by Fight Against Blight (FAB) confirmed the EU46 strain had been found in Wales and eastern ...

Invasive species experts have labelled the water mould Phytophthora the worst plant disease in Australia and it has now forced the closure of a popular mountain trail in the south-east Queensland ...

The ecologist Karen Lips observed frogs for several years in Central America. She left briefly, and when she returned, the frogs were gone. She sets out to find them and encounters a horrible truth.

Upon soil saturation, the P. sojae resting structures can germinate to produce zoospores that will swim toward and infect soybean roots resulting in Phytophthora stem and root rot. Soybeans infected ...

There are at least four species of Phytophthora species (P. citrophthora, P. parasitica, P. syringae, and P. hibernalis) associated with citrus in California and all species can cause various symptoms ...

Known as the “plant destroyer,” the genus Phytophthora is considered one of the most important groups of plant pathogens—causing significant economic and environmental losses throughout ...

Researchers provide open-access tool to capture new data on a global plant destroyer, Phytophthora. A new online tool -- the first of its kind for plant pathogens -- will help researchers across ...

In the last five years about 56,000 larch trees have been felled in the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire due to Phytophthora Ramorum.

Grass trees can live for centuries, slowly inching upwards year after year, but it only takes a month or so for them to die from the introduced plant disease Phytophthora dieback. A "biodiversity ...