Kevin Myers

TL;DR: Five attributes of this oomycete pathogen that maintain this constant attention are explored, including the historical tragedy associated with this disease (Irish potato famine), the devastation caused by the pathogen, the genomics revolution, and there remain many compelling unanswered questions.

TL;DR: In this paper, potato microarrays were utilized to identify genes that were differentially expressed in the host during a compatible interaction with Phytophthora infestans, and these genes were classified into eight groups using a non-hierarchical clustering method with two clusters (358 genes) generally downregulated, three clusters (241 genes) upregulated, and three clusters(44 genes) with a significant change in expression at only one timepoint.

TL;DR: The tomato late blight pandemic of 2009 made late blight into a household term in much of the eastern United States and many home gardeners and many organic producers lost most if not all of their tomato crop, and their experiences were reported in the mainstream press.

TL;DR: Whereas most individuals of US-8 and US-20 were resistant to mefenoxam, US-21 appeared to be intermediately sensitive, and isolates ofUS-22, US,23, andUS-24 were largely sensitive to me Fenoxam; these latter three genotypes appear to have been derived from a common ancestor.

TL;DR: The genetic origin of Phytophthora andina, an increasingly common pathogen of Andean crops, is investigated and results provide strong support that P. andina emerged via hybridization between P. infestans and other related species.