HyperDic: genus_phytophthora

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Phytophthora:
NOUNplantgenus Phytophthora, Phytophthoradestructive parasitic fungi causing brown rot in plants
English > genus Phytophthora: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningdestructive parasitic fungi causing brown rot in plants.
SynonymPhytophthora
Member ofPythiaceae, family Pythiaceaefungi having sporangia usually borne successively and singly at the tips of branching sporangiophores
MembersPhytophthora citrophthoraCauses brown rot gummosis in citrus fruits
Phytophthora infestansfungus causing late blight in solanaceous plants especially tomatoes and potatoes
Broaderfungus genusIncludes lichen genera
Spanishgenus phytophthora, phytophthora
Catalangenus phytophthora, phytophthora

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