Podosphaera xanthii but not Golovinomyces cichoracearum infects Cucurbits in a Greenhouse at Salinas, California

Cosme Bojorques Ramos Karunakaran Maruthachalam, James D. McCreight Raymundo S. Garcia Estrada Traditionally, Erysiphe cichoracearum (now Golovinomyces cichoracearum) and Podosphaera xanthii, formerly Sphaerotheca fuliginea, have been reported as the causal agents of cucurbit powdery mildew (CPM) (2, 10). These two fungal species have often been misidentified (12), due to similarities in their anamorphic characteristics and […]

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