EPPO Global Database

Phytophthora infestans(PHYTIN)

Hosts

Important note about the classification of host plants in GD:
Categories have been assigned by the EPPO Secretariat on the basis of available data at the time of entry. They correspond to a qualitative evaluation of the importance of the host plant for the pest concerned and remain indicative only.
Further explanation of categories is available in the guide.
Organism Type
Solanum tuberosum (SOLTU) Major host
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* Cox AE, Large EC (1960) Potato late blight epidemics throughout the world. Washington DC, USA: US Government Printing Office.

* Day JP, Wattier RAM, Shaw DS, Shattock RC (2004) Phenotypic and genotypic diversity in Phytophthora infestans on potato in Great Britain, 1995-98. Plant Pathology 53(3), 303-315. http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/ppa