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Unless otherwise indicated, content on this website was created and/or authored by the USDA APHIS PPQ Science and Technology (S&T) Plant Pathogen Confirmatory Diagnostics Laboratory (PPCDL) (formerly Beltsville Laboratory, MD, USA); Phytophthora Science and Management, Harry Butler Institute, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia; and the World Phytophthora Genetic Resource at University of California, USA. The website was created and is hosted through collaboration with the USDA APHIS PPQ S&T Identification Technology Program at the Pest Identification Laboratory in Fort Collins, CO, USA. The content is in the public domain and may be freely used unless otherwise indicated. However, we request that with any subsequent use of this work, appropriate acknowledgement is given to the authors and institutions (see below for suggested citation).

Suggested citation

Abad ZG, Burgess TI, Redford AJ, Bienapfl JC. 2023. IDphy: Molecular and morphological identification of Phytophthora based on the types. USDA APHIS PPQ S&T Plant Pathogen Confirmatory Diagnostics Lab and USDA APHIS PPQ S&T ITP, United States; Phytophthora Science and Management, Murdoch University, Australia; and World Phytophthora Collection. https://idtools.org/id/phytophthora [date accessed]

Associated publication: Abad ZG, Burgess TI, Redford AJ, Bienapfl JC, et al. 2023. IDphy: An international online resource for molecular and morphological identification of Phytophthora. Plant Disease 107: 987–998. DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-02-22-0448-FE

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All images in the key and fact sheets/image gallery were taken by Gloria Abad and Treena Burgess unless otherwise noted.

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