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Anandaraj M
Sally K. Mathew
Santhosh J Eapen
Cissin J
Rosana O.B.
Suseelabhai R.

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December 2019

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10.1007/s10658-019-01880-2

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Springer Science and Business Media LLC

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Not AvailableNutmeg, a major crop of India provides two important spices. During the monsoon season of 2011, a serious leaf and nut fall occurred in nutmeg plantations and Phytophthora ramorum was reported as the causal organism. P. ramorum being an alien species, the aetiology warranted a detailed investigation. Phytophthora isolated from different endemic locations were studied for morphological and molecular characterization using ITS, ITS-RFLP, MLST, SSCP and hybrid analysis. The isolates showed papillate, ovoid-obovoid sporangia with pedicel length?>?20 ?m which is distinct from the semi-papillate, caducous sporangia with short pedicel of <5 ?m characteristic of P ramorum. The isolates failed to grow at 10 ?C or at 37 ?C and chlamydops...

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