“…Phytopythium vexans was reported as a pathogen causing root and crown rot and decline on fruit trees and woody ornamentals including apple, avocado, citrus, durian, ginkgo, flowering cherry, grapevine, kiwi, pear and red maple in the Canary Islands, China, Italy, Morocco, South Africa, Tunisia, Turkey, Vietnam and the USA (Benfradj et al., 2017; Baysal‐Gurel et al., 2021; Jabiri et al., 2021; Zhou et al., 2022). To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of a Canadian isolate of P. vexans causing disease in apple and peach under laboratory conditions in Ontario.…”