Phytophthora nicotianae Breda de Haan
(Tomato Buck-eye Rot - causative organism)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPhytophthora nicotianae (Tomato Buck-eye Rot - causative organism)
GenusPhytophthora (blights)
FamilyPERONOSPORACEAE (downy mildews)
OrderPERONOSPORALES (downy mildews and white rusts)
ClassPERONOSPOREA (a class of fungoid organisms)
PhylumOOMYCOTA (a group of mainly plant-parasitic fungi)
KingdomCHROMISTA (algae)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Hall, G. 1994 Phytophthora nicotianae I.M.I. Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 1200.

Phytophthora nicotianae (Tomato Buck-eye Rot - causative organism) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Phytophthora nicotianae (Tomato Buck-eye Rot - causative organism)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 4 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Phytophthora nicotianae (Tomato Buck-eye Rot - causative organism)
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