Abstract
Abstract A description is provided for Peronospora ficariae . Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: Anemone coronaria, Helleborus purpurascens, Ficaria calthifolia, F. ledebourii, F. ficarioides, Ranunculus abortivus, R. acriformis, R. acer, R. acris, R. alpestris, R. auricomus, R. bulbosus, R. carpaticus, R. cassubicus, R. constantinopolitanus, R. crenatus, R. fascicularis, R. ficaria (= Ficaria verna ), R. flammula subsp. flammula, R. languinosus, R. lateriflorus, R. lingua, R. montanus, R. nemorosus, R. oreophilus, R. oxyspermus, R. pedatus, R. pennsylvanicus, R. platanifolius, R. polyanthemus, R. pseudoplatanus, R. recurvatus, R. repens, R. sardous, R. scleratus, R. septentrionalis, R. uncinatus (= R. bongardi ), R. velutinus . DISEASE: Downy mildew of Ranunculus species, covering the entire leaf undersurface. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Asia-Temperate: China, Kazakhstan, Kirgizistan, Russia (Kamchatka), Stavropol, Japan. Australasia: New Zealand. Europe: Austria, Belgium, Belorussiya, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Eire, Estonia, Faeroes, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia (Krym, Moscow, Pskov, Novgorod, St. Petersburg, Saratov, Smolensk, Tambov, Tatariya, Tula, Yaroslavl) Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, UK (England, Scotland, Wales, Channel Islands), Yugoslavia. North America; Canada (British Columbia, Que), USA (Alabama, Idaho, Maine, Michigan, Oregon, Wisconsin, Washington State, Wyoming, New York). South America: Argentina, Dominican Republic. TRANSMISSION: By conidia dispersed by wind or rain-splash. The role of oospores in disease transmission is unknown, although they may act as perennating structures.
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