Aphanomyces raphani | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Clade: | Stramenopiles |
Phylum: | Oomycota |
Order: | Saprolegniales |
Family: | Leptolegniaceae |
Genus: | Aphanomyces |
Species: | A. raphani
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Binomial name | |
Aphanomyces raphani J.B. Kendr., (1927)
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Aphanomyces raphani,[1] also known as Radish black root disease, is a fungal plant pathogen of various species of Brassicaceae. It is a necrotrophic pathogen causing small black water soaked lesions on its hosts which become rapidly colonised by other fungi and bacteria.[2]