Pathogenicity of Erysiphe cichoracearum to cucurbits

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 11:87-90 (article 37) 1988 Yigal Cohen and Helena Eyal Department of Life Sciences, Bar Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel 52100 Powdery mildew is a devastating disease of cucurbits throughout the world. The two page reported causal agents are Sphaerotheca fuliginea (Schlecht. ex Fr.) Poll. and Erysiphe cichoraceatum DC ex Merat (5,8). The […]

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Reaction of Muskmelon Genotypes to Races 1 and 2 of Sphaerotheca fuliginea in Israel.

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 11:47-49 (article 20) 1988 Yigal Cohen and Helena Eyal Department of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan Israel 52100 Races 1 and 2 of Sphaerotheca fuliginea (Schlecht. ex. Fr.) Poll. cause powdery mildew on cucurbits in Israel (5). Race 3 was not reported in the country. Race 1 predominates in the winter […]

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