What is Phytophthora iranica?
{{Speciesbox | image = | image_alt = | image_caption = | genus = Phytophthora | species = iranica | authority = [[Nestor E. Caroselli|Caros.]] & [[Clarence Mitchell Tucker|Tucker]], (1949) | synonyms = | subdivision_ranks = | subdivision = }} '''''Phytophthora iranica''''' is a plant [[pathogen]] that infects the [[root]]s of the [[Myrtus communis|Myrtle]] plants. It was discovered in a commercial nursery in [[Sardinia, Italy]].<ref>{{cite journal | author = Belisatio A., Magnano Di San Lio G., Pane A., Cacciola S. O. | year = 1993 | journal = Plant Disease | volume = 77 | issue = 10 | pages = 1050–1055 | title = Phytophthora iranica, a new root pathogen of myrtle from Italy| doi = 10.1094/PD-77-1050 | url = https://archive.org/details/sim_plant-disease_1993-10_77_10/page/1050 }} ISSN 0191-2917 http://www.apsnet.org/pd/PDFS/1993/PlantDisease77n10_1050.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090515102856/http://www.apsnet.org/pd/PDFS/1993/PlantDisease77n10_1050.pdf |date=2009-05-15 }}</ref> The fungus causes a [[blight]] on the plant, effectively destroying it. ==References== {{Reflist}} [[Category:Fungal diseases]] {{biology-stub}}