Table 3.

Genetic diversity of SSR marker loci, mean relative growth rate (a measure of aggressiveness), and disease heritability and plasticity of UV adaptation in 140 Phytophthora infestans isolates sampled from seven locations in China

Pop	SSR diversity	AUDPC	UV tolerance
		Mean	Mean	Heritability	Plasticity	Ratio
Fuzhou	0.44	0.218C	0.927CD	0.061	0.652	10.69
Gansu	0.46	0.178CD	0.937B	0.103	0.691	6.71
Guangxi	0.43	0.363A	0.922D	0.104	0.642	6.17
Guizhou	0.40	0.148D	0.938B	0.012	0.711	59.25
Xiapu	0.49	0.340AB	0.937B	0.044	0.642	14.59
Ningxia	0.39	0.307B	0.930C	0.085	0.699	8.22
Yunnan	0.47	0.168CD	0.966A	0.099	0.650	6.57
Pooled	0.50	0.246	0.937	0.069	0.676	16.03

Values followed by different letters are significantly different from each other at p = 0.05. AUDPC: area under the disease–progress curve; SSR: simple sequence repeat.