Published on: May 19, 2016
[From the April-May 2016 issue of the UC IPM Green Bulletin]
A downy mildew caused by the fungus Peronospora mesembryanthemi has recently been confirmed by the USDA-APHIS from a red apple ice plant (Aptenia cordifolia) sample collected in San Diego. Since this first finding in San Diego County in summer 2015, the disease has spread to Orange, San Bernardino, and Ventura counties and is now found in the Goleta area in Santa Barbara County.
Peronospora mesembryanthemi was first reported from South Africa and...
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