An excellent international research team will be established for the research of pathogens from the genus Phytophthora (Chromalveolata, Heterocontophyta, Oomycetes). The knowledge of global diversity, evolutionary history, interspecies interbreeding mechanisms, and the adaptability factors of the genus, as well as molecular mechanisms, affecting the resistance and susceptibility of the species to disease will be deepened. Unique knowledge will be published and used to address practical protection limiting the spread of these pathogens in natural ecosystems. a.