Introducing PROSPERA: A new sweet basil hybrid resistant to Downy Mildew
Monday, January 14, 2019 - 11:10
in Biology & Nature
In recent years an epidemic of Downy Mildew (DM) has caused severe damage to sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum) crops all over the world. The cause of the epidemic is a leaf fungus called Peronospora belbahrii. Symptoms of infected plants include deformed leaves, chlorotic lesions on leaves and dark spores on the lower leaf surface.