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Definition of Peronospora destructor
1. Noun. Fungus causing a downy mildew on onions.
Group relationships: Genus Peronospora, Peronospora
Generic synonyms: Downy Mildew, False Mildew
Lexicographical Neighbors of Peronospora Destructor
Literary usage of Peronospora destructor
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. 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, ..."
2. Annual Report of the Agricultural Experiment Station of the University of by University of Wisconsin, Agricultural Experiment Station (1884)
"According to the laws of priority followed by some writers, it should go by the
name peronospora destructor (Berk.) Unger; but there are objections to this ..."
3. Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society by Royal Horticultural Society (Great Britain). (1872)
"... that his crop of Onions was almost destroyed by a fungus, peronospora destructor,
very closely allied to the mould which causes the Potato-disease. ..."
4. The Popular Science Review: A Quarterly Miscellany of Entertaining and edited by [Anonymus AC02893924] (1863)
"The Blue Mould of cheese is a popular member of this family; and the Potato
Blight (peronospora destructor) is the most detested. It seems to spread through ..."
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