Diversity of Phytophthora Species from Declining Mediterranean Maquis Vegetation, including Two New Species, Phytophthora crassamura and P. ornamentata sp. nov.

Bruno Scanu; Benedetto T. Linaldeddu; Antonio Deidda; Thomas Jung

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0143234

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Diversity of Phytophthora Species from Declining Mediterranean Maquis Vegetation, including Two New Species, Phytophthora crassamura and P. ornamentata sp. nov.

Bruno Scanu ,

* E-mail: bscanu@uniss.it

Affiliation Dipartimento di Agraria, Sezione di Patologia vegetale ed Entomologia (SPaVE), Università degli Studi di Sassari, Viale Italia 39, 07100 Sassari, Italy
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Benedetto T. Linaldeddu,

Affiliation Dipartimento di Agraria, Sezione di Patologia vegetale ed Entomologia (SPaVE), Università degli Studi di Sassari, Viale Italia 39, 07100 Sassari, Italy
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Antonio Deidda,

Affiliation Dipartimento di Agraria, Sezione di Patologia vegetale ed Entomologia (SPaVE), Università degli Studi di Sassari, Viale Italia 39, 07100 Sassari, Italy
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Thomas Jung

Affiliations Phytophthora Research and Consultancy, Am Rain 9, D-83131, Nußdorf, Germany, Center for Mediterranean Bioresources and Food (MeditBio), Laboratory of Molecular Biotechnology and Phytopathology, University of Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8005–139 Faro, Portugal
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Diversity of Phytophthora Species from Declining Mediterranean Maquis Vegetation, including Two New Species, Phytophthora crassamura and P. ornamentata sp. nov.

Bruno Scanu,
Benedetto T. Linaldeddu,
Antonio Deidda,
Thomas Jung

Published: December 9, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0143234

About the Authors

Bruno Scanu

* E-mail: bscanu@uniss.it

Affiliation Dipartimento di Agraria, Sezione di Patologia vegetale ed Entomologia (SPaVE), Università degli Studi di Sassari, Viale Italia 39, 07100 Sassari, Italy

Benedetto T. Linaldeddu

Affiliation Dipartimento di Agraria, Sezione di Patologia vegetale ed Entomologia (SPaVE), Università degli Studi di Sassari, Viale Italia 39, 07100 Sassari, Italy

Antonio Deidda

Affiliation Dipartimento di Agraria, Sezione di Patologia vegetale ed Entomologia (SPaVE), Università degli Studi di Sassari, Viale Italia 39, 07100 Sassari, Italy

Thomas Jung

Affiliations Phytophthora Research and Consultancy, Am Rain 9, D-83131, Nußdorf, Germany, Center for Mediterranean Bioresources and Food (MeditBio), Laboratory of Molecular Biotechnology and Phytopathology, University of Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8005–139 Faro, Portugal

Competing Interests

The authors declare that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BS BL TJ. Performed the experiments: BS BL AD. Analyzed the data: BS AD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BS BL. Wrote the paper: BS TJ.

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