Excavated lesion, with outer bark removed showing extent of disease-front
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P. agathadicida disease symptom  |
P. agathidicida lesion on kauri tree  Close up of gum oozing out of lower trunk lesions of a young kauri tree at Maungaroa Ridge, Piha region of Waitakere Regional Park |
P. agathidicia oogonia  P. agathidicida oogonia with SEM (top) and light microscopy (bottom) |
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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). |
P. agathidicia sporangia  Differentiation of the cytoplasm within papillate sporangia into acid fuchsin stained zoospores |
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. agathidicia growth on V8  Colony morphology of ex-holotype ICMP 17027 after 10-days incubation at 20°C in the dark |