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Contents tagged with downy mildew
3 May 2024
Downy mildew control in protected crops of cut flower column stocks
1 June 2022
Understanding impatiens downy mildew disease and control options - a poster
23 February 2023
These pages provide guidance on disease recognition and the basic biology of each pathogen to assist in the selection of the most appropriate cultural and chemical control strategies for diseases of pansy and viola..
17 February 2022
This factsheet describes the symptoms of downy mildew on cut flower lisianthus and the strategies to manage it.
1 June 2022
This factsheet provides updated information about the disease, its quarantine status, pathogen biology, disease symptoms and management and control.
17 February 2022
This factsheet provides guidance on how to minimise losses in nursery stock crops due to downy mildew by the use of clean stock plants, good nursery hygiene, avoiding favourable environmental conditions for disease development and by appropriate fungicide treatment.
16 November 2022
This factsheet summarises information on the biology of rose downy mildew and provides guidance on how to minimise reductions in quality by implementing good nursery hygiene, avoiding environmental conditions favourable for disease development and by the use of fungicides and nutritional products.
27 August 2020
Downy mildew diseases, although they tend to be sporadic, can seriously damage hebe, rose and several other major nursery stock and herbaceous perennial species. This factsheet provides guidance on how to minimise losses by: the use of clean stock plants; good nursery hygiene; avoiding environmental conditions favourable for disease development and by fungicide treatment.
17 February 2022
This factsheet provides guidance on how to minimise losses by the various key foliar diseases of roses (including lack spot, downy mildew, powdery mildew and rust) by good nursery hygiene, avoidance of environmental conditions favourable for disease development and by appropriate fungicide treatment.
28 April 2022
A review of control measures for blackberry downy mildew
6 February 2023
Downy mildew of basil was first reported in the UK during the summer of 2010 on protected plants in the south-east of England. The aim of this factsheet is to help growers identify symptoms of the disease early and to provide options for its control.
10 June 2022
This factsheet describes the symptoms of downy mildew in rhubarb and how to manage its control