Three undescribed pathogenic Phytophthora taxa from the south-west of Western Australia

Rea, A., Jung, T., Stukely, M., Burgess, T. and Hardy, G. (2010) Three undescribed pathogenic Phytophthora taxa from the south-west of Western Australia. In: 5th IUFRO Phytophthora Diseases in Forests and Natural Ecosystems, 7 - 12 March, Auckland and Rotorua, New Zealand.

Abstract

The Phytophthora culture collection of the Vegetation Health Service of the Department of Environment and Conservation of Western Australia (WA) has been re-evaluated using DNA sequencing (Burgess et al., 2009). This has revealed many undescribed taxa previously classified as known morpho-species, one of which has recently been described as P. multivora (Scott et al., 2009).

The aim of this study was to describe three of these taxa, all of which occur in WA native ecosystems. They were compared with both the morphological species to which they are most similar and their closest phylogenetic relatives. In addition, the pathogenicity of these taxa was assessed in glasshouse trials.

Publication Type:	Conference Item
Murdoch Affiliation:	Centre for Phytophthora Science and Management School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology
Notes:	Poster
URI:	http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/6920

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