Phytophthora citricola
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Phytophthora citricola is a plant pathogen. It was first described by Sawada in 1927 when it was isolated from orange
trees in present-day Taiwan
. It has since been found causing disease on a wide variety of plants and is considered to be cosmopolitan.
Orange (fruit)
An orange—specifically, the sweet orange—is the citrus Citrus × sinensis and its fruit. It is the most commonly grown tree fruit in the world....
trees in present-day Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
. It has since been found causing disease on a wide variety of plants and is considered to be cosmopolitan.