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Chromosome size differences in Phytophthora palmivora, a pathogen of cocoa

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Phytophthora palmivora is one of the most ubiquitous and destructive plant pathogens of tropical tree crops such as palms, cocoa, citrus and rubber1. On cocoa, where it causes black-pod disease, annual losses are conservatively estimated at 10% of the crop2. Progress in disease control has been impeded by confusion over the taxonomy of the species, which has become a pigeon-hole for a number of structurally similar Phytophthora. This situation has been compounded by preoccupation with compatibility types, whereas morphological differences have been neglected3.

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    EVA SANSOME

  2. Forest Research Station, Farnham, Surrey, UK

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  3. International Black Pod Project, Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria, PMB 5244, Ibadan, Nigeria

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SANSOME, E., BRASIER, C. & GRIFFIN, M. Chromosome size differences in Phytophthora palmivora, a pathogen of cocoa. Nature 255, 704–705 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1038/255704a0

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