Database of Plant Diseases in Japan

Details of Chestnuts Powdery mildew
Host plant
  • Chestnuts, Chinese chestnut, Japanese chestnut
Disease namePowdery mildew
Disease name (Japanese)
  • うどんこ病 [udonko-byo]
Pathogen/Cause (1)
  • Erysiphe castaneigena U. Braun & Cunnington
Pathogen/Cause (synonym) (1)
  • Microsphaera sinensis Y.N. Yu
References (1)
  • 藤田 学ら:日植病報 69(3):257, 2003
  • 高松 進:三重大生資紀要 38:52, 2012
Pathogen/Cause (2)
  • Microsphaera alni (Wallroth) Salmon
References (2)
  • 吉野毅一:植物学雑 19(224):205, 1905(明38)
  • 原 攝祐:果樹病害論:477, 1916(大5)
  • 原 攝祐:実験樹木病害篇:211, 1927(昭2)
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