Domain Eukaryota Subclass Incertae sedis Family Pythiaceae Scientific name Phytophthora inflata Rank Species | Superphylum Heterokonta Order Peronosporales Genus Phytophthora Higher classification Phytophthora | |
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Phytophthora inflata is a plant pathogen. It was first identified in 1949 in Michigan, USA causing a pit canker on elm trees. It was found in the United Kingdom in 1992 in the roots of Sambucus tenuifolium and Lilac (Syringa vulgaris), in 2003 it was found in a UK nursery infecting a Rhododendron ponticum. In the same year it was found in a nursery in Ohio also infecting Rhododendron.
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