Phytophthora ramorum

Host(s)

Oak

Disease name

sudden oak death

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Description

Phytophthora ramorum is an oomycete plant pathogen classified in the kingdom Stramenopila. P. ramorum is the causal agent of sudden oak death on oak and over 40 plant genera. It causes stem cankers on trees, and leaf blight on ornamentals and forest shrubs species. It is an emerging plant pathogen first observed in North America but also widespread in Europe.

Browse this species genome in the Ensembl Genomes website.

Phylogeny

Kindgom: 
Protista
Phylum: 
Oomycetes
Order: 
Peronosporales

Stats

Genome size: 
66.65Mb
Number of genes: 
15605

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