Abstract
The oomycete Phytophthora infestans is a filamentous plant pathogen that
causes the late blight disease in potato worldwide. It has been a favorite subject of
study since the Great Irish Famine in the 1840s and is considered to be a model
species for oomycetes. Its genome of over 240 Mb has a remarkable organization
with gene dense regions interspersed with gene poor regions, the latter harboring
genes involved in host specificity and virulence. These genes are key players in
the arms race with the host. They can easily mutate to avoid recognition by immune
receptors and their abundance shows that P. infestans possesses an impressive arsenal
of weapons for attacking potato and is likely hard to bea
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Principles of Plant-Microbe Interactions; Microbes for Sustainable Agriculture |
| Editors | B. Lugtenberg |
| Place of Publication | Cham |
| Publisher | Springer |
| Pages | 371-378 |
| Number of pages | 448 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9783319085753 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2015 |