Peronospora arborescens
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Peronospora arborescens is a plant pathogen. It causes downy mildew on leaves of Papaver
spp. It has economic importance on Papaver somniferum grown as an oilseed crop, for example in central and eastern Europe. It is controlled by sanitation, crop rotation, use of clean seed and fungicide sprays of the foliage.
There are other species of Peronospora which occur on Papaver: Peronospora argemones Gäumann, Peronospora cristata Tranzschel, and Peronospora papaveris-pilosi Viennot-Bourgin.
Papaver
Papaver is a genus of 70-100 species of frost-tolerant annuals, biennials, and perennials native to temperate and cold regions of Eurasia, Africa and North America. It is the type genus of the poppy family, Papaveraceae.-Description:...
spp. It has economic importance on Papaver somniferum grown as an oilseed crop, for example in central and eastern Europe. It is controlled by sanitation, crop rotation, use of clean seed and fungicide sprays of the foliage.
There are other species of Peronospora which occur on Papaver: Peronospora argemones Gäumann, Peronospora cristata Tranzschel, and Peronospora papaveris-pilosi Viennot-Bourgin.