| Phytophthora capsici | |
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| Symptom of blight on a pumpkin plant | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Clade: | Stramenopiles |
| Phylum: | Oomycota |
| Order: | Peronosporales |
| Family: | Peronosporaceae |
| Genus: | Phytophthora |
| Species: | P. capsici
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| Binomial name | |
| Phytophthora capsici Leonian, (1922)
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Phytophthora capsici is an oomycete plant pathogen that causes blight and fruit rot of peppers and other important commercial crops. It was first described by L. Leonian at the New Mexico State University Agricultural Experiment Station in Las Cruces in 1922 on a crop of chili peppers. In 1967, a study by M. M. Satour and E. E. Butler found 45 species of cultivated plants and weeds susceptible to P. capsici [1] In Greek, Phytophthora capsici means "plant destroyer of capsicums".[2] P. capsici has a wide range of hosts including members of the families Solanaceae and Cucurbitaceae as well as Fabaceae.
- ^ Satour, M. M., Butler, E. E. 1967. A root and crown rot of tomato caused by Phytophthora capsici and P. parasitica. Phytopathology 57: 510-515.
- ^ Boslan, Paul W. "Think Global, Breed Local: Specificity and complexity of Phytophthora capsici" Chili pepper institute, New Mexico State University Available from: http://njveg.rutgers.edu/NJpepperconference-10.23.08/assets.pepper/pdfs/01_Bosland.pdf Archived 2012-04-26 at the Wayback Machine