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Podosphaera macularis

Fungal Diseases of Crops

Podosphaera macularis is an ascomycete fungus that causes powdery mildew of hops. It is only known to be pathogenic on hop plants, including both ornamental and wild hops, and on hemp. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Hemp, Crops
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1. Podosphaera macularis (Wikipedia)
  • lead description
    Podosphaera macularis is an ascomycete fungus that causes powdery mildew of hops.
  • Article text
    Cultural control of the disease include growing powdery-mildew tolerant/resistant varieties of the host plant (see below).
  • Article text, control method
    Likewise, chemical control primarily consists of spraying fungicides in hopes of preventing the disease through the use of early, continuous spraying during the growing season.
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