Phytophthora cactorum (Lebert & Cohn) J. Schröt.
(Strawberry Crown Rot - causative organism)

Interactions where Phytophthora cactorum is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage		Summary			Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Taxon Uncertain	Active State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Uncertain	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Indoors etc	Season
		parasitises live, wilting leaf (central)			Fragaria x ananassa	garden strawberry	Rosales: Rosaceae	Strawberry crown rot (Phytophthora cactorum), Anon., 2008 Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Phytophthora cactorum/	Phytophthora cactorum	strawberry crown rot (causative organism)					Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Fragaria x ananassa/	Fragaria x ananassa	garden strawberry		live, wilting	leaf (central)
		parasitises live, reddened leaf (peripheral)			Fragaria x ananassa	garden strawberry	Rosales: Rosaceae	Strawberry crown rot (Phytophthora cactorum), Anon., 2008 Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Phytophthora cactorum/	Phytophthora cactorum	strawberry crown rot (causative organism)					Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Fragaria x ananassa/	Fragaria x ananassa	garden strawberry		live, reddened	leaf (peripheral)
		infects and damages leathery, brown, shrivelled fruit			Fragaria x ananassa	garden strawberry	Rosales: Rosaceae	Strawberry crown rot (Phytophthora cactorum), Anon., 2008 Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Phytophthora cactorum/	Phytophthora cactorum	strawberry crown rot (causative organism)					Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Fragaria x ananassa/	Fragaria x ananassa	garden strawberry		leathery, brown, shrivelled	fruit
		infects and damages internally brown, necrotic crown			Fragaria x ananassa	garden strawberry	Rosales: Rosaceae	Strawberry crown rot (Phytophthora cactorum), Anon., 2008 Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Phytophthora cactorum/	Phytophthora cactorum	strawberry crown rot (causative organism)					Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Fragaria x ananassa/	Fragaria x ananassa	garden strawberry		internally brown, necrotic	crown
		infects and damages fallen, leathery, cracking fruit			Malus pumila	Apple	Rosales: Rosaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Phytophthora cactorum/	Phytophthora cactorum	strawberry crown rot (causative organism)					Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Malus pumila/	Malus pumila	apple		fallen, leathery, cracking	fruit
		infects and damages fallen fruit			Pyrus communis	Pear	Rosales: Rosaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Phytophthora cactorum/	Phytophthora cactorum	strawberry crown rot (causative organism)					Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Pyrus communis/	Pyrus communis	pear		fallen	fruit
		infects and damages trunk			Aesculus hippocastanum	Horse Chestnut, Horse-chestnut	Sapindales: Sapindaceae	Path News Issue 3: April 2003, Forest Research, 2003	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Phytophthora cactorum/	Phytophthora cactorum	strawberry crown rot (causative organism)					Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Sapindales/Sapindaceae/Aesculus hippocastanum/	Aesculus hippocastanum	horse chestnut, horse-chestnut			trunk

Author & Year	Title	Source
Anon., 2008	Strawberry crown rot (Phytophthora cactorum)	Plant Clinic News Jul 08: 1.
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants	Collins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Forest Research, 2003	Path News Issue 3: April 2003

Phytophthora cactorum (Strawberry Crown Rot - causative organism) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

CHROMISTA
(algae)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Phytophthora cactorum (Strawberry Crown Rot - causative organism)
Genus	Phytophthora (blights)
Family	PERONOSPORACEAE (downy mildews)
Order	PERONOSPORALES (downy mildews and white rusts)
Class	PERONOSPOREA (a class of fungoid organisms)
Phylum	OOMYCOTA (a group of mainly plant-parasitic fungi)
Kingdom	CHROMISTA (algae)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Phytophthora cactorum is also a member of:
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Oomycota)
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Oomycota)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Phytophthora cactorum (Strawberry Crown Rot - causative organism)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Anon.	2008	Strawberry crown rot (Phytophthora cactorum)	Plant Clinic News Jul 08: 1.
	Forest Research	2003	Path News Issue 3: April 2003

Phytophthora cactorum (Strawberry Crown Rot - causative organism) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Phytophthora
(blights)

PERONOSPORACEAE
(downy mildews)

PERONOSPORALES
(downy mildews and white rusts)

OOMYCOTA
(a group of mainly plant-parasitic fungi)

CHROMISTA
(algae)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Phytophthora cactorum (Strawberry Crown Rot - causative organism):

Phytophthora
(blights)

PERONOSPORACEAE
(downy mildews)

PERONOSPORALES
(downy mildews and white rusts)

OOMYCOTA
(a group of mainly plant-parasitic fungi)

CHROMISTA
(algae)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

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