Definition & Meaning | English word OIDIUM
OIDIUM
Definitions of OIDIUM
- A fragile spore produced by some fungi.
- The fungus Erysiphe necator (= Uncinula necator), which produces powdery mildew in grapes.
Number of letters
6
Is palindrome
No
Examples of Using OIDIUM in a Sentence
- An oidium (: oidia) is an asexually produced fungal spore that (in contrast to conidia) is presumed not to constitute the main reproductive preoccupation of the fungus at that time.
- Oidium is a genus of Deuteromycetes, where traditionally most anamorphs of the order Erysiphales are included.
- Clade 1 consists of Erysiphe, Microsphaera, and Uncinula, all of which have an Oidium subgenus Pseudoidium mitosporic state.
- It has also been called Erysiphe graminis and (by its anamorph) Oidium monilioides or Oidium tritici.
- Oidium mangiferae appears in spring, from December through March, and primary inoculum comes either from wind borne conidia from other infection sites, or from surviving inoculum and mycelia on the tree.
- oidium, mildew, coulure (failure of the flowers), millerandage (irregular ripening of the grapes), Eutypiose, Esca, Vers de la grappe and Botrytis (can be beneficial—see Sauternes) are the most common diseases or problems that occur.
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