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Tag Archives: Pathology
Powdery Mildew Survey 2016
Now entering its third year the powdery mildew citizen science scheme is gaining more momentum, more followers, and more samples. Can we hope for more again this year?
Powdery mildew host plants of the UK
Following the powdery mildew baseline review and promises of a ‘most wanted list‘, I thought it important to collate a list of host plants recorded to harbour this fungal pest here in the UK.
Guidelines for sending powdery mildews
Locate powdery mildew on plant host. Prune off several whole leaves (fig. 1). Put the fresh leaves in a slightly inflated sealed bag (fig. 2). Send to: Powdery Mildew Survey Oliver Ellingham Harborne Building School of Biological Sciences University of Reading … Continue reading
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2014 powdery mildew species list
A list of all PM species I have found in 2014 is now available on the Whiteknights biodiversity blog. Please take a look.
Powdery mildew summer school, Eger, Hungary
Never in my wildest dreams did I think such a thing could exist. Yet on Sunday 3rd August I will be travelling to Egerfood Regional Research Centre of Eszterházy Károly College in Eger, Hungary.
First survey samples received!
This morning I was lucky enough to find a sealed envelope waiting for me on my desk. I had an idea and hope of what it may contain, and was far from disappointed… In mid-May of this year the Powdery … Continue reading
Powdery Mildew Survey
Please refer to the 2015 survey for updated info. As part of the Powdery Mildew citizen science scheme, I am asking YOU to keep an eye open for powdery mildews. Powdery mildews commonly occur on garden plants, are unsightly, and … Continue reading
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