L M Quesada-Ocampo, C H Parada-Rojas, Z Hansen, G Vogel, C Smart, M K Hausbeck, R M Carmo, E Huitema, R P Naegele, C S Kousik, P Tandy, K Lamour
Phytophthora capsici is a destructive oomycete pathogen of vegetable, ornamental, and tropical crops. First described by L.H. Leonian in 1922 as a pathogen of pepper in New Mexico, USA, P. capsici is now widespread in temperate and tropical countries alike. Phytophthora capsici is notorious for its capability to evade disease management strategies. High genetic diversity allows P. capsici populations to overcome fungicides and host resistance, the formation of oospores results in long-term persistence in soils, zoospore differentiation in the presence of water increases epidemic potential, and a broad host range maximizes economic losses and limits the effectiveness of crop rotation...
May 31, 2023: Annual Review of Phytopathology