Definition of Genus Erysiphe

1. Noun. Genus of powdery mildews.

Exact synonyms: Erysiphe
Generic synonyms: Fungus Genus
Group relationships: Erysiphaceae, Family Erysiphaceae
Member holonyms: Powdery Mildew

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Erysiphe

genus Erinaceus
genus Eriobotrya
genus Eriocaulon
genus Eriodictyon
genus Eriogonum
genus Eriophorum
genus Eriophyllum
genus Eriosoma
genus Erithacus
genus Erodium
genus Erolia
genus Eruca
genus Erwinia
genus Eryngium
genus Erysimum
genus Erysiphe (current term)
genus Erythrina
genus Erythrocebus
genus Erythronium
genus Erythroxylon
genus Erythroxylum
genus Escherichia
genus Eschrichtius
genus Eschscholtzia
genus Esox
genus Estrilda
genus Etropus
genus Euarctos
genus Eucalyptus
genus Eucarya

Literary usage of Genus Erysiphe

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

1. Report of the Secretary of Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1888)
"The genus Erysiphe is the largest in number and has a fair share of its members in ... Grasses are frequently attacked by members of the genus Erysiphe, ..."

2. Agricultural Botany, Theoretical and Practical by John Percival (1913)
"(iii) The genus Uncinula has perithecia containing several asci, as in the genus Erysiphe; the appendages, however, are branched in a fork-like manner and ..."

3. On Molecular and Microscopic Science by Mary Somerville (1869)
"... the hop and pea mildews, which belong to the genus Erysiphe, have five different modes of reproduction. The destructive power of these fungi is strongly ..."

4. Text-book of Botany, Morphological and Physical by Julius Sachs (1882)
"The very numerous species of the genus Erysiphe (Mildew) occur upon the surface of the leaves and green stems of Dicotyledons, and less frequently on those ..."

5. Agricultural Botany: Theoretical and Practical by John Percival (1921)
"(iii) The genus Uncinula has perithecia containing several asci, as in the genus Erysiphe; the appendages, however, are branched in a fork-like manner and ..."

6. Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society by Royal Horticultural Society (Great Britain). (1879)
"... like the Hop-mildew and the American Vine-mildew, this is only an imperfect or conidial condition of some higher Fungus belonging to the genus Erysiphe, ..."

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