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Research Project: Integrated Disease Management of Exotic and Emerging Plant Diseases of Horticultural Crops

Location: Horticultural Crops Disease and Pest Management Research Unit

Title: Ecology and evolution of the sudden oak death pathogen Phytophthora ramorum

Author
item Grunwald, Niklaus - Nik
item LEBOLDUS, J - Oregon State University
item HAMELIN, R - University Of British Columbia

Submitted to: Annual Review of Phytopathology
Publication Type: Review Article
Publication Acceptance Date: 4/2/2019
Publication Date: 6/21/2019
Citation: Grunwald, N.J., LeBoldus, J.M., Hamelin, R.C. 2019. Ecology and evolution of the sudden oak death pathogen Phytophthora ramorum. Annual Review of Phytopathology. 57:301-321. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-phyto-082718-100117.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-phyto-082718-100117

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: The sudden oak death (SOD) pathogen Phytophthora ramorum emerged simultaneously in the U.S. on oaks and in Europe on rhododendron in the 1990s. This pathogen has had a devastating impact on larch plantations in Europe and oak forests in the Western U.S. Since the discovery of the SOD pathogen, a large body of research has provided novel insights into the emergence, epidemiology and genetics of this pathogen. Genetic and genomic resources developed for P. ramorum have been instrumental in improving our understanding of the epidemiology, evolution and ecology of P. ramorum. Recent findings of P. ramorum in Asia provide renewed impetus for studying the demographic and evolutionary history of the SOD pathogen.