Crown decline of mature kauri, with branchlets with little or no leaves
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P. agathidicia disease symptoms on kauri  |
P. agathidicia growth on V8  Colony morphology of ex-holotype ICMP 17027 after 10-days incubation at 20°C in the dark |
Boot wash to station to control spread of P. agathidicida  Use of hypochlorite solution applied through a “livestock drench-gun”, integrated with a soil grate to allow potentially contaminated soil to be collected |
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P. agathidicida oospores  Oospores of P. agathidicida in the roots of kauri seedlings inoculated with P. agathidicida. The root has been cleared with potassium hydroxide and bleached with peroxide, before being stained with Trypan Blue |
P. agathidicida growth on CMA  Diffuse, non-patterned, colony morphology of ICMP 16471 (the original “Gadgil isolate”) after 10-days incubation at 20°C in the dark |
P. agathidicida sporangium  Globose to ovoid-ellipsoid, papillate sporangium |
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P. agathidicida lesion on kauri tree  Advancing triangular lesion extending up the trunk of an 80 cm DBH kauri tree in the Huia Dam Site along Twin Peaks Track, Waitakere Regional Park |
P. agathidicida lesion on kauri tree  Gum oozing out of longitudinal lesion |
Comparative gametangial morphology of Phytophthora Clade 5 species  Comparative gametangial morphology of Phytophthora Clade 5 species, with SEM (top) and light microscopy (bottom). P. heveae has smooth walled oogonia with funnel-shaped, amphigynous antheridia. P. agathidicida has mildly stipulate oogonia with globose amphigynous antheridia. P.cocois has mildly bullate oogonia with reflexed amphigynous antheridia. P. castaneae has coarsely bullate oogonium with rugose protuberances and narrow amphigynous antheridia (Weir et al. 2015). |
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Tāne Mahuta “Lord of the Forest” kauri tree  Tāne Mahuta “Lord of the Forest” is a giant kauri tree (approximately 47 metres in height) in the Waipoua Forest of Northland Region, New Zealand. Its age is unknown but is estimated to be between 1,250 and 2,500 years |
P. agathadicida disease symptom  Excavated lesion, with outer bark removed showing extent of disease-front |
P. agathidicia oogonia  Light micrograph of P. agathidicida oospore (Scale bar equals 15 µm) |