Periodic Reporting for period 2 - PROTECTA (Pathogen-informed Resistance to Oomycete diseases in Ecosystems, Agriculture and Aquaculture)

The oomycetes are a distinct lineage of Eukaryotic microbes that resemble fungi, but are genetically related to the brown algae. Oomycetes have a worldwide distribution and are destructive and highly adaptable pathogens, infecting plants, fish, insects, fungi and occasionally...