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Annual Review of Phytopathology

Volume 57, 2019

Ecology and Evolution of the Sudden Oak Death Pathogen

Abstract

The sudden oak and sudden larch death pathogen emerged simultaneously in the United States on oak and in Europe on in the 1990s. This pathogen has had a devastating impact on larch plantations in the United Kingdom as well as mixed conifer and oak forests in the Western United States. Since the discovery of this pathogen, a large body of research has provided novel insights into the emergence, epidemiology, and genetics of this pandemic. Genetic and genomic resources developed for have been instrumental in improving our understanding of the epidemiology, evolution, and ecology of this disease. The recent reemergence of EU1 in the United States and EU2 in Europe and the discovery of in Asia provide renewed impetus for research on the sudden oak death pathogen.

Keyword(s): forest pathology, invasive, oomycete(s), pathogen emergence, sudden oak death
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Ecology and Evolution of the Sudden Oak Death Pathogen Phytophthora ramorum
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    Supplemental Video 1: Why millions of California trees are dying. A fungal pathogen is causing an epidemic of "sudden oak death" in California. Researchers studying the invasive disease say its continued spread is inevitable. Video from the Washington Post. May 3, 2016.

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