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Phytophthora tentaculata: A New Exotic and Invasive Disease
![Fig. 1 (a) Dying and dead Diplacus aurantiacus (orange bush monkeyflower) with advanced above ground symptoms, typical of Phytophthora disease. The infected plant has chlorotic (yellowing and browning) foliage. [L. Sims] Fig. 1 (a) Dying and dead Diplacus aurantiacus (orange bush monkeyflower) with advanced above ground symptoms, typical of Phytophthora disease. The infected plant has chlorotic (yellowing and browning) foliage. [L. Sims]](http://ucanr.edu/blogs/UCIPMurbanpests//blogfiles/40702small.jpg)
[From the December 2016 issue of the UC IPM Green Bulletin] A new plant pathogen in the genus Phytophthora (pronounced Fie-TOF-ther-uh) has recently been found in several California native plant nurseries and habitat restoration sites. The pathogen,...