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Phytophthora nicotianae Breda de Haan 1896

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Phytophthora nicotianae Breda de Haan, Meded. Lands Plantentuin 15 57 (1896)
Phytophthora nicotianae Breda de Haan 1896

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Breda de Haan
Breda de Haan
1896
57
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Phytophthora nicotianae Breda de Haan 1896
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Phytophthora nicotianae

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nicotianae

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Phytophthora nicotianae Breda de Haan 1896

Black shank or black root rot of tobacco has up till the present been listed as due to Phytophthora parasitica. Waterhouse (1956) showed that P. nicotianae was the older name for this species. It is common in seedling beds as a black root rot (Anon., 1952a) and as a stem canker in mature tobacco plants in Nelson (Anon., 1953b). Tests for varietal susceptibility showed that 'Harrison's Special 215' and `Virginia Gold' were especially susceptible to the disease (Anon., 1956b).
It is recorded occasionally as a fruit rot of tomatoes. It has also been isolated from stem lesions on a 20-year-old tree of Agathis australis.

Phytophthora nicotianae Breda de Haan 1896

Type: Radicicolous Fungi; Description: Colonies on agar with an irregular rosette pattern, aerial mycelium fluffy. Chlamydospores terminal or intercalary, up to 60 μm in diameter, becoming yellowish with age. Sporangia globose to ovoid, 38–60 × 30–40 μm. Oogonia produced in compatible paired cultures, globose, 25–55 μm in diameter, becoming yellow with age. Antheridia amphigynous, globose to oval. Oospores aplerotic, 13–35 μm in diameter.
Distribution: Northland, Auckland, Nelson.; 1st Record: Anonymous (1946: as Phytophthora parasitica).
Significance: Of no significance in forestry. Isolated from stem lesions on a 20-year-old tree of Agathis australis (Brien & Dingley 1959).; Host(s): Agathis australis, Fuchsia ×hybrida.

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Phytophthora nicotianae Breda de Haan 1896
Phytophthora nicotianae Breda de Haan (1896)
Phytophthora nicotianae Breda de Haan 1896
Phytophthora nicotianae Breda de Haan (1896)
Phytophthora nicotianae Breda de Haan 1896
Phytophthora nicotianae Breda de Haan (1896)
Phytophthora nicotianae Breda de Haan 1896
Phytophthora nicotianae Breda de Haan (1896)
Phytophthora nicotianae Breda de Haan 1896
Phytophthora nicotianae Breda de Haan (1896)
Phytophthora nicotianae Breda de Haan 1896
Phytophthora nicotianae Breda de Haan 1896
Phytophthora nicotianae Breda de Haan 1896
Phytophthora nicotianae Breda de Haan (1896)
Phytophthora nicotianae Breda de Haan 1896
Phytophthora nicotianae Breda de Haan (1896)
Phytophthora nicotianae Breda de Haan 1896
Phytophthora nicotianae Breda de Haan 1896
Phytophthora nicotianae Breda de Haan 1896
Phytophthora nicotianae Breda de Haan (1896)
Phytophthora nicotianae Breda de Haan 1896
Phytophthora nicotianae Breda de Haan (1896)
Phytophthora nicotianae Breda de Haan 1896
Phytophthora nicotianae Breda de Haan (1896)
Phytophthora nicotianae var. parasitica (Dastur) G.M. Waterh. (1963)
Phytophthora nicotianae var. parasitica (Dastur) G.M. Waterh. 1963
Phytophthora nicotianae var. parasitica (Dastur) G.M. Waterh. (1963)
Phytophthora parasitica Dastur 1913
Phytophthora nicotianae Breda de Haan 1896

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Phytophthora nicotianae Breda de Haan 1896
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Phytophthora nicotianae Breda de Haan 1896
New Zealand
Bay of Plenty
Phytophthora nicotianae Breda de Haan 1896
New Zealand
Waikato
Phytophthora nicotianae Breda de Haan 1896
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3 March 2000
3 March 2000
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