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3 unusual facts about Phytophthora infestans


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The longtime enemy to potato farming is potato blight, a form of mold that reproduces from spores in the soil and sickens the potato plant.

Bayer Code

For example, corn (Zea mays) would be ZEAMA and potato late blight (Phytophthora infestans) PHYTIN.

Cdc14

A novel role for Cdc14 in eukaryotes was suggested by studies of Phytophthora infestans, a eukaryotic microbe known best as the cause of the Irish Potato Famine.



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