<i>Mirabilis jalapa</i> in Field (IMAGE)

University of Oxford

<i>Mirabilis jalapa</i> in Field

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This is Mirabilis jalapa (the four o'clock flower). This plant is the host of Phytophthora mirabilis, the sister species of the Irish potato famine pathogen Phytophthora infestans.

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Sophien Kamoun, The Sainsbury Laboratory (Norwich, UK)

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