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Dr. Parthasarathy Seethapathy, Amrita School of Agricultural Sciences, Bugwood.org
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Image Number: 5552876

downy mildew (Sclerospora graminicola) (Sacc.) J. Schrot.

Photographer:
Dr. Parthasarathy Seethapathy
Descriptor:
Sexual Spore
Image view:
Close-up
Description:
Sclerospora graminicola (syn. Peronospora graminicola (Sacc.) Sacc., 1882) is an Oomyceteous fungi, the sporangiosphores are dichotomously branched at acute angles and taper into gracefully curved pointed tips on which sporangia are borne.
Image type:
Micrograph
Host:
pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.)

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Image location:
India, Thirivannamalai

Subject

Kingdom: Chromista
Phylum: Oomycota
Class: Oomycetes
Order: Peronosporales
Family: Peronosporaceae
Genus: Sclerospora
Subject: Sclerospora graminicola (Sacc.) J. Schrot.

Host

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Subclass: Commelinidae
Order: Cyperales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Pennisetum
Subject: Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.
Node Affiliation:
Bugwood - UGA
Image uploaded:
Saturday, December 17, 2016
Image last updated:
Monday, March 4, 2019