Definition of Peronospora

1. Noun. Genus of destructive downy mildews.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Peronospora

Pernyi moths
Perodicticus
Perodicticus potto
Perognathus
Perognathus flavescens
Perognathus flavus
Perognathus hispidus
Peromyscus eremicus
Peromyscus gossypinus
Peromyscus leucopus
Peromyscus maniculatus
Peron
Peronism
Peronist
Peronists
Peronospora (current term)
Peronospora destructor
Peronospora hyoscyami
Peronospora tabacina
Peronosporaceae
Peronosporales
Perpendicular
Perpignan
Perrot
Perry
Perry Mason
Perry Mason moment
Persea
Persea Americana
Persea borbonia

Literary usage of Peronospora

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Diseases of Field and Garden Crops by Worthington George Smith (1884)
"The general habit of the different members of the genus Peronospora is to grow within the leaves and stems, and send their fruiting branches through the ..."

2. Fungous Diseases of Plants, with Chapters on Physiology, Culture Methods and by Benjamin Minge Duggar (1909)
"Peronospora: OTHER SPECIES Peronospora sparsa Berk, ... Peronospora effusa (Grev.) Rabh. develops during moist weather a destructive disease of spinach ..."

3. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1889)
"(1) Ow the Fungus causing the onion disease Peronospora ... By AE SHIPLEY, BA The onion disease of the Bermudas is caused by a fungus Peronospora ..."

4. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science (1890)
"This summer has been a very dry one, and during a very dry time Peronospora Euphorbiae was collected in quantity on Euphorbia ..."

5. Collections Historical & Archaeological Relating to Montgomeryshire and Its by Powys-land Club (1879)
"THE GENUS Peronospora. (TO WHICH THE POTATO DISEASE BELONGS) AND ITS ALLIES. ... THE order in which the genus Peronospora occurs (in which also the potato ..."

6. The Micrographic Dictionary: A Guide to the Examination and Investigation of by John William Griffith, Arthur Henfrey (1875)
"B. (Peronospora) destructor. Fertile filaments grey, erect, scarcely septate ; branches alternate, the last forked, hooked, ..."

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