Ultrastructural studies onphytophthora palmivorainfection on betelvine(Piper Betle L.)

Phytophthora palmivora–Cocoa Interaction

“…It can infect other plants tissues such as the stems, leaves and fruits of many economically important tropical plants such as breadfruit ( Artocarpus altilis ), coconut ( Cocos nucifera ) and durian ( Durio zibethinus ) [ 1 , 23 ], including both monocots and dicots. Infection studies have been done in model plants such as Medicago truncatula [ 25 , 26 ], Nicotiana benthamiana [ 27 , 28 ] and in the model liverwort, Marchantia polymorpha [ 29 ], as well as on coconut [ 30 ], oil palm [ 31 , 32 , 33 ], betelvine [ 34 ], citrus hosts [ 35 , 36 ], rubber [ 37 ], and papaya [ 38 ].…”