Phytophthora infestans is an oomycete or water mold, a fungus-like microorganism that causes the serious potato and tomato disease known as late blight or potato blight. However the modern molecular c
Late blight on potato leaf 2
Infected potato
Histological model of a potato leaf cross-section, Botanical Museum Greifswald
Potatoes after exposure. The normal potatoes have blight but the cisgenic potatoes are healthy.