Phytophthora citricola

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| genus = Phytophthora

| species = citricola

| authority = Sawada, (1927)Sawada, K. 1927. Descriptive catalogue of the Formosan fungi III. Report of the Department of Agriculture Government Research Institute of Formosa. 27:1-62

| synonyms = *Phytophthora cactorum var. applanata Chester, (1932)

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Phytophthora citricola is a plant pathogen. It was first described by Kaneyoshi (Kenkichi) Sawada in 1927 when it was isolated from orange trees in present-day Taiwan. It has since been found causing disease on a wide variety of plants.