Project Number: 6618-22000-034-11
Project Type: Specific Cooperative Agreement

Start Date: Jul 01, 2005
End Date: Jun 30, 2010

Objective:
The objective of this cooperative research is to determine the host specificity and genetic diversity of floriculture isolates of Phytophthora cryptogea and P. nicotianae.

Approach:
A recent collection of isolates of P. cryptogea and P. nicotianae will be tested for pathogenicity on a range of floriculture hosts to determine host specificity and fitness while rDNA of isolates will be analyzed for genetic diversity.