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Definition of Phytophthora infestans
1. Noun. Fungus causing late blight in solanaceous plants especially tomatoes and potatoes.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Phytophthora Infestans
Literary usage of Phytophthora infestans
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society by Royal Microscopical Society, London (1882)
"Oospores of phytophthora infestans.*—M. Cornu has reinvesti- gated the vexed
question of the ... phytophthora infestans ..."
2. A Text-book of Plant Diseases Caused by Cryptogamic Parasites by George Massee (1907)
"It has been proved in the case of potatoes attacked by phytophthora infestans,
causing the well-known potato disease, that the spawn or mycelium of the ..."
3. Phytopathology by American Phytopathological Society (1917)
"phytophthora infestans has been recorded as occurring on tomatoes by both American
and European pathologists. So far as literature on the subject is ..."
4. American Gardening (1890)
"... on potato tubers which had already been partly rotted by the common potato
rot fungus, phytophthora infestans. He found that the pythium would •Bop. ..."
5. Fungous Diseases of Plants, with Chapters on Physiology, Culture Methods and by Benjamin Minge Duggar (1909)
"THE LATE BLIGHT AND ROT OF THE POTATO phytophthora infestans (Mont.) De Bary
CLINTON, GP Downy Mildew, or Blight, phytophthora infestans (Mont. ..."
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