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Definition of False mildew
1. Noun. Any of various fungi of the family Peronosporaceae parasitic on e.g. grapes and potatoes and melons.
Group relationships: Family Peronosporaceae, Peronosporaceae
Specialized synonyms: Blue Mold Fungus, Peronospora Tabacina, Onion Mildew, Peronospora Destructor, Peronospora Hyoscyami, Tobacco Mildew
Generic synonyms: Mildew
Lexicographical Neighbors of False Mildew
Literary usage of False mildew
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Text-book of the Diseases of Trees by Robert Hartig (1894)
"Its American designation of mildew, or grape-vine mildew, has been changed in
France to mildiou. In Germany it is called the false mildew of the vine ..."
2. Agricultural Botany: Theoretical and Practical by John Percival (1921)
"... when the latter decays; some of the oospores arise without a definite
fertilisation act. Plasmopara viticola Berk, causes the ' downy or false mildew ..."
3. Agricultural Botany, Theoretical and Practical by John Percival (1913)
"Plasmopara viticola Berk, causes the 'downy or false mildew' on the vine, a
disease far more destructive, and quite different from, the 'true vine-mildew,' ..."
4. Minnesota Plant Diseases by Edward Monroe Freeman (1905)
"We find upon a close examination of the area infected by a potato blight, or
false mildew, at first a thin grayish or whitish haze or shimmer spreading over ..."
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