Potato Late Blight Fungus
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| Class | Oomycota |
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| Order | Peronosporales |
| Scientific name | Phytophthora infestans |
| Phylum | Heterokontophyta |
| Higher classification | Phytophthora |
| Did you know | Late blight of potatoes and tomatoes, the disease that was responsible for the Irish potato famine in the mid-nineteenth century, is caused by the fungus-like oomycete pathogen Phytophthora infestans. |
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| ID | 986189 |
About Potato Late Blight Fungus
Phytophthora infestans is an oomycete or water mold, a microorganism that causes the serious potato and tomato disease known as late blight or potato blight. Late blight was a major culprit in the 1840s European, the 1845 Irish, and the 1846 Highland potato famines.
Potato late blight fungus Photos
