Phytophthora heveae (brazil nut leaf blight)

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Identity

Preferred Scientific Name

• Phytophthora heveae A.W. Thomps.

Preferred Common Name

• brazil nut leaf blight

EPPO code

• PHYTHE (Phytophthora heveae)

Taxonomic Tree

• Domain: Eukaryota
•     Kingdom: Chromista
•         Phylum: Oomycota
•             Class: Oomycetes
•                 Order: Peronosporales
•                     Family: Peronosporaceae
•                         Genus: Phytophthora
•                             Species: Phytophthora heveae

Distribution Table

The distribution in this summary table is based on all the information available. When several references are cited, they may give conflicting information on the status. Further details may be available for individual references in the Distribution Table Details section which can be selected by going to Generate Report.

Host plants/Plants Affected

Growth Stages

List of Symptoms

Plant Trade

References

Albuquerque FC de, Duarte M de LR, Manco GR, Martins e Silva H, 1974. Leaf blight of Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa) caused by Phytophthora hevep. Pesquisa Agropecuaria Brasileira, Agronomia, 9(10):101-105

Ann PJ, 1984. Species, mating types and pathogenicity of Phytophthora distributed in citrus orchards in Taiwan. Transactions of the British Mycological Society, 82(4):631-634

Benson DM, 1980. Chemical control of Rhododendron dieback caused by Phytophthora hevep. Plant Disease, 64(7):684-686

Benson DM, Jones RK, 1980. Etiology of Rhododendron dieback caused by four species of Phytophthora. Plant Disease, 64(7):687-691

Chang HS, Shu IM, 1988. Oospore germination of homothallic Phytophthora species and the identity of Phytophthora hevep isolates from Taiwan. Botanical Bulletin of Academia Sinica, 29(1):15-21

CMI, 1989. Distribution Maps of Plant Diseases, No. 428, Edition 4. Wallingford, UK: CAB International.

Davidson JM, Rehner SA, Santana M, Lasso E, Ureña de Chapet O, Herre EA, 2000. First report of Phytophthora heveae and Pythium spp. on tropical tree seedlings in Panama. Plant Disease, 84(6):706.

Gadgil PD, 1974. Phytophthora heveae, a pathogen of Kauri. New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science, 4(1):59-63.

Gerrettson-Cornell L, 1976. Phytophthora hevep and P. boehmerip in a Eucalyptus pilularis plantation in New South Wales. APPS Newsletter, 5(1):8-9

Gerrettson-Cornell L, 1978. Note on a pathogenicity test. Australasian Plant Pathology, 7(4):45-46

Holmes KA, Evans HC, Wayne S, Smith J, 2003. Irvingia, a forest host of the cocoa black-pod pathogen, Phytophthora megakarya, in Cameroon. Plant Pathology, 52(4):486-490.

Lozano Trevino ZE, Romero Cova S, 1984. Taxonomic study of Phytophthora isolates pathogenic on cocoa. Agrociencia, No. 56:175-182

Oudemans P, Coffey MD, 1991. A revised systematics of twelve papillate Phytophthora species based on isozyme analysis. Mycological Research, 95(9):1025-1046

Quillec G, Renard J-L, Ghesquiere H, 1984. Phytophthora hevep of coconut palm: its role in heart rot and nut fall. Oleagineux, 39(10):477-485

Ribeiro OK, 1978. A Source Book of the Genus Phytophthora. Vaduz, Liechtenstein: J. Cramer, 417 pp.

Stamps DJ, 1978. Phytophthora heveae. CMI Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria. No. 594. Wallingford, UK: CAB International.

Thankamma L, 1983. Phytophthora species on eight indigenous host species in south India and their pathogenicity on rubber. Indian Phytopathology, 36(1):17-23

Turner PD, 1968. Pod rot of cocoa in Malaysia caused by Phytophthora heveae. FAO Plant Protection Bulletin, 16:33-34.

Zeng HuiCai, Ho HH, Zheng FuyCong, 2009. A survey of Phytophthora species on Hainan Island of South China. Journal of Phytopathology, 157(1):33-39. http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/loi/jph

Zentmyer GA, Klure LJ, O'Neal E, 1976. Trunk canker of avocado caused by Phytophthora hevep. California Avocado Society Yearbook, 60:169-170

Zentmyer GA, Klure LJ, Pond EC, 1978. A new canker disease of avocado caused by Phytophthora hevep. Plant Disease Reporter, 62(10):918-922

Distribution Maps

• = Present, no further details
• = Evidence of pathogen
• = Widespread
• = Last reported
• = Localised
• = Presence unconfirmed
• = Confined and subject to quarantine
• = See regional map for distribution within the country
• = Occasional or few reports

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