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Phytophthora cactorum strains isolated from necrotic stem lesions on Betula pendula seedlings or from Fragaria \( \times \) ananassa plants suffering from crown rot were pathogenic to their host plants. Only isolates from birch caused clear lesions on non-wounded bark of birch. P. cactorum isolates from birch were not detrimental to strawberry. Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analysis revealed variation within P. cactorum, isolates from silver birch having different banding patterns than those from strawberry. UPGMA analysis clustered isolates from silver birch and strawberry plants into separate groups. The data show that the recent outbreak in Finland of P. cactorum in birch could not be caused by the import of strawberry plants affected by crown rot.
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Lilja, A., Karjalainen, R., Parikka, P. et al. Pathogenicity and genetic variation of Phytophthora cactorum from silver birch and strawberry. European Journal of Plant Pathology 104, 529–535 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008644804415
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