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Peronospora manshurica is a plant pathogen. It is a widespread disease on the leaves of soybeans [1] and other crop plants. The fungi is commonly referred to as downy mildew, "leafspot", or "leaf-spot".
Plasmopara halstedii is a plant pathogen infecting sunflowers. The species is one of many pathogens commonly referred to as downy mildew. [1] P. halstedii originated in North America. Plasmopara halstedii oospores produce a thin wall which are resistant structures, sexually produced that are essential for its continuation. After entering an ...
Mildew is a form of fungus. It is distinguished from its closely related counterpart, mold , largely by its colour: molds appear in shades of black, blue, red, and green, whereas mildew is white. It appears as a thin, superficial growth consisting of minute hyphae ( fungal filaments) produced especially on living plants or organic matter such ...
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It causes downy mildew on a vast number of cereal crops including oats, rice, maize, and wheat as well as varieties of turf grass. [1] The common names of the diseases associated with Sclerophthora macrospora include "crazy top disease" on maize [ 2 ] and yellow tuft disease on turf grass. [ 3 ]
It is used in vineyards, fruit-farms, vegetable-farms and gardens to prevent infestations of downy mildew, powdery mildew and other fungi. It is sprayed on plants as a preventive treatment; its mode of action is ineffective after a fungus has become established. It was invented in the Bordeaux region of France in the late 19th century.
Downy mildew has more direct importance on spinach (Spinacia oleracea), [4] since it affects the harvested part (leaves). Yellow lesions appear on the older leaves. If rotating crops and removing individual infected plants fails, fungicide treatments are effective, and resistant cultivars are available.
Most species in this group produce a downy mildew disease, which can cause severe damage to many different cultivated crops, as well as wild and ornamental plants. [2] There are 19 genera that produce downy mildew, and Peronospora has been placed alongside Pseudoperonospora in the group of downy mildews with coloured conidia . [ 3 ]