| morphological and molecular characterization of phytophthora glovera sp. nov. from tobacco in brazil. | a root rot disease of cultivated tobacco called yellow stunt has been observed in the burley tobacco production areas of brazil since the early 1990s. root infecting fungi and straminipiles were isolated from the roots of diseased tobacco plants, including a semi-papillate, homothallic, slow growing phytophthora species. pathogenicity trials confirmed that phytophthora sp. caused root rot and stunting of burley and flue-cured tobaccos. morphological characteristics of the asexual and sexual stag ... | 2010 | 21193600 |