Location: Horticultural Crops Disease and Pest Management Research Unit
Project Number: 2072-22000-045-056-S
Project Type: Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement
Start Date: Sep 1, 2025
End Date: Aug 31, 2027
Objective:
Characterization of plant pathogen diversity and communities in nursery and horticultural production systems.
Approach:
This project will identify genetic diversity of Phytophthora pathogens including P. ramorum and other important Phytophthora species. Briefly, we will use population genomic approaches to profile genetic diversity in populations of select Phytophthora species. Variation among isolates within species will be assessed using genotyping methods including whole genome sequencing as well as plant pathology assays to determine phenotypic diversity. New diagnostic tools will be developed.