powdery mildew

powdery mildew

English

powdery mildew on grapes (Erysiphe necator)

Noun

powdery mildew (countable and uncountable, plural powdery mildews)

1. A mildew affecting many important food crops caused by fungi of the order Erysiphales.

Translations

type of mildew

Chinese: Mandarin: 白粉病 (zh) (báifěnbìng) Finnish: härmäsieni

French: oïdium (fr) m Italian: oidio m Spanish: oídio m

Further reading

• powdery mildew on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Erysiphales on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Erysiphales on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons