genus phytophthora
Noun
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Destructive parasitic fungi causing brown rot in plants (synset 113003483)
is a type of: fungus genus - includes lichen generamember holonym:
- phytophthora citrophthora - causes brown rot gummosis in citrus fruits
- phytophthora infestans - fungus causing late blight in solanaceous plants especially tomatoes and potatoes
belongs to: family pythiaceae, pythiaceae - fungi having sporangia usually borne successively and singly at the tips of branching sporangiophoressame as: phytophthora
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