| phytophthora boodjera sp. nov., a damping-off pathogen in production nurseries and from urban and natural landscapes, with an update on the status of p. alticola. | a new homothallic phytophthora species, isolated in western australia (wa), is described as phytophthora boodjera sp. nov. it produces persistent, papillate sporangia, oogonia with thick-walled oospores, and paragynous antheridia. although morphologically similar to p. arenaria, phylogenetic analyses of the its, cox1, hsp90, β-tubulin and enolase gene regions revealed p. boodjera as a new species. in addition, p. boodjera has a higher optimal temperature for growth and a faster growth rate. phyt ... | 2015 | 26734543 |