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Monthly Archives: January 2014
Where it all began…
With approximately 800 different species of powdery mildew present on earth today, grouped into 13 genera (according to Braun & Takamatsu, 2000) of 5 tribes, combinations of the aforementioned features, as well as many less superficially obvious, are numerous. While many … Continue reading
Sexual Fungi
Like any organism reproduction is key to the life of the powdery mildews. Their short generation time and mixture of asexual (self-replication) and sexual life cycles have evolved to produce the veracious organisms which blight many of our agricultural and … Continue reading
Appendage Morphology
Amongst the most important visual, superficial features of the powdery mildew are their appendages. These limb-like features arising from the surface of the, sexual spore containing, chasmothecia are important for latching onto the stems and leaves of their hosts. They vary … Continue reading
How many spores?
After establishing itself on a host a powdery mildew can begin to reproduce. Asexual conidia (spores) are produced as 3-D protrusions, on structures called conidiophores, from the predominantly 2-D mycelial network on the surface of a host. In this aspect … Continue reading