Phytophthora ramorum

TaxID: 164328

Basic Information

Phytophthora ramorum

Sudden Oak Death, Sudden oak death, sudden oak death agent

Phytophthora ramorum is the oomycete known to cause the disease sudden oak death (SOD). The disease kills oak and other species of trees and has had devastating effects on the oak populations in California and Oregon, as well as being present in Europe. Symptoms include bleeding cankers on the tree's trunk and dieback of the foliage, in many cases leading to the death of the tree. P. ramorum also infects a great number of other plant species, significantly woody ornamentals such as Rhododendron, Viburnum, and Pieris, causing foliar symptoms known as ramorum dieback or ramorum blight. Such plants can act as a source of inoculum for new infections, with the pathogen producing spores that can be transmitted by rainsplash and rainwater. P. ramorum was first reported in 1995, and the origins of the pathogen are still unclear, but most evidence suggests it was introduced as an exotic species to Europe and North America in separate events. Very few control mechanisms exist for the disease, and they rely upon early detection and proper disposal of infected plant material.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Oomycota

Peronosporomycetes

Peronosporales

Peronosporaceae

Phytophthora

ramorum

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Morphological Features

The fungus is characterized by abundant production of chlamydospores and elongate, ellipsoid, deciduous sporangia with a short pedicel, resembling P. palmivora; however, sporangia are semi-papillate, chlamydospores are much larger, and cardinal temperatures are much lower than those of P. palmivora. Oogonia with amphigynous antheridia and plerotic oospores are produced in dual cultures with an A2 mating type strain of P. cryptogea.

Source: NCBI Life Stage: Sporangium / Chlamydospore / Oogonium / Oospore Source Type: Scholarly article
Citation:

Werres, S., Marwitz, R., Man In't Veld, W. A., De Cock, A. W. A. M., Bonants, P. J. M., De Weerdt, M., Themann, K., Ilieva, E., & Baayen, R. P. (2001). Phytophthora ramorum sp. nov., a new pathogen on Rhododendron and Viburnum. Mycological Research, 105(10), 1155–1165.

Host Plants (165 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

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Quarantine Status (56 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Armenia Absent —
Australia Quarantine pests —
Austria Absent 2021
Belgium Unknow 2021
Bulgaria RNQP ((EU) 2019/2072 Annex IV) 2021
Belarus Absent —
Brazil A1 list 2018
Canada Quarantine pests 2019
Switzerland A1 list 2019
Chile Quarantine pests 2019
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Distribution (34 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

18
Present
15
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Argentina Present —
Austria Absent —
Belgium Present —
Canada Present
Switzerland Absent —
Czechia Absent —
Germany Present —
Denmark Present —
Spain Absent
Estonia Absent, —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (1 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Assembly Accession Assembly Level Genome Size(Mb) Contig N50(Kb) Scaffold N50(Kb) BUSCO% Downloads Actions
GCA_000149735.1 Scaffold 66 47 308 -

Transcriptomes (3 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR7691077 - - - 15073706 USA: California
SRR7691076 - - - 14133346 USA: California
SRR7851391 - - - 44157636 USA:California

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature