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#phytophthora — Public Fediverse posts

Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #phytophthora, aggregated by home.social.

  1. The #fungus #Clitocybe #nebularis (#Basidiomycota), also known as #cloudedagaric, is a #holarctic and often common #soildwelling #species, mostly found in open, nutrient-rich #forest #soils. It is occasionally #parasitized by the fungus #Volvariella #surrecta (Basidiomycota). C. Hears et al. (2013) point to its #antagonistic effect against phytopathogenic #oomycetes (Stramenopiles) species of the genus #Phytophthora.
    ©#StefanFWirth Saarland 2025

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    dx.doi.org/10.4236/nr.2013.420
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    ©S F. Wirth

  2. Took a while, but my largest ever upload of data to the #ENA / #SRA is live, nearly 4000 #metabarcoding amplicon sequencing runs using a #Phytophthora ITS1 marker: ebi.ac.uk/ena/browser/view/PRJ

    Managing sequencing #metadata is hard!

  3. This scale 1:82 model of a kauri tree was built by Wētā Workshop for Waikato Regional Council to help spread the message about protecting kauri.

    #Kauri are affected by the disease 'kauri dieback' caused by the fungus-like organism #Phytophthora agathidicida (that I described in 2015) .

    The roots of the trees are infected by this #PlantPathogen, so it is important to not disturb the roots or move any soil into their zone. This model helps illustrate the extent of the root zone.