Open AccessPhytophthora infestans : the plant (and R gene) destroyer
Author(s) -
FRY WILLIAM
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
molecular plant pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.945
H-Index - 103
eISSN - 1364-3703
pISSN - 1464-6722
DOI - 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2007.00465.x
Subject(s) - oomycete , phytophthora infestans , biology , pathogenicity , population biology , genomics , genome , population , phytophthora , genetics , effector , gene , evolutionary biology , botany , microbiology and biotechnology , demography , sociology
SUMMARY Phytophthora infestans remains a problem to production agriculture. Historically there have been many controversies concerning its biology and pathogenicity, some of which remain today. Advances in molecular biology and genomics promise to reveal fascinating insight into its pathogenicity and biology. However, the plasticity of its genome as revealed in population diversity and in the abundance of putative effectors means that this oomycete remains a formidable foe.