Lima bean is an important vegetable processing crop to the Mid-Atlantic U.S. and is highly susceptible to the oomycete pathogen Phytophthora phaseoli, which causes downy mildew. P. phaseoli resides in the same clade with the late blight pathogen, Phytophthora infestans. Genetic resistance and fung...
ORGANISM(S): Phytophthora phaseoli