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06.06.2023 - 20:13 / gardenerspath.com / Helga George
How to Identify and Treat Turnips With Downy Mildew Peronspora parasticaDowny mildew is a serious disease that may afflict turnips, especially under cool fall conditions.
The fungal-like pathogen can destroy young seedlings and cause serious infections on the greens. Severe infections may even cause turnips to develop cracks.
The turnip leaves may have low-level infections that are barely detectable. However, as soon as conditions are right, when moisture levels are high, the pathogen can infect your plants on a large scale.
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Fungicides to control downy mildew on turnips are available, but you should take preventative measures first, to keep the fungus from becoming established on your crops.
Keep reading to learn more about the symptoms to look out for, with tips to protect your root crop from this fungus-like organism.
SymptomsThe microbe that causes downy mildew can affect plants at any point in their life cycle.
Downy blight symptoms usually first become visible on the lower leaves. Initially, the leaves develop small, yellow-brown spots. These spots gradually expand, with a gray or black lace-like appearance.
When conditions are right during moist weather, white fungal mats that look like mildew develop on the undersides of the leaves.
As the disease progresses, yellow areas become visible on the upper leaves. The lesions grow larger, and their centers turn bright yellow before becoming tan, with a paper-like appearance.
With severe infections, the whole leaf can die. In addition, the fungus can grow into the crown of the plant, and downward into the root.
It may turn the flesh brown or black. As the disease
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