*4.3. Fungal and Oomycete Strains, Culture Conditions and Propagules Production*

Fungal and oomycete strains were included in this study. Most of them had been previously characterized [7,8,55,79,80]. The complete list of strains tested in this study is as follows: four *Penicillium* spp. (*P. digitatum* P1PP0, *P. commune* CECT 20767, *P. expansum* CECT 2278 and *P. italicum* CECT 20909); three *Phytophthora* spp. (*Ph. nicotianae* strains T3-B-K1A and T2.C-M1A, *Ph. citrophthora* strain Ax1Ar); *Plenodomus tracheiphilus* strain Pt2; two *Alternaria* species (*A. alternata* strain 646, and *A. arborescens* strain 803); three *Colletotrichum* species (*C. acutatum* strains UW14, *C. karsti* strain CAM and *C. gloeosporioides* strain C2); two *Fusarium* species (*F. proliferatum* strain CBS 145950 and *F. sacchari* strain 145949). All strains were from the collection of the laboratory of Molecular Plant Pathology of the Di3A (University of Catania, Catania, Italy).
