• Korean Journal Plant Pathology
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• v.14 no.6
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• pp.618-621
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• 1998

In pseudoperonospora humuli, the cause of hop downy mildew, environmental and host factors affecting laboratory production of oospore were examined. After 7 days incubation of leaf disk inoculated with sporangia on water, additional incubations were carried out under different conditions of temperature and moisture. Oospore production was also compared between very susceptible (Nugget) and resistant (Fuggle) hop cultivars. Oospores were not produced at 18$^{\circ}C$ regardless of other incubation conditions. Leaf disks failed to produce oospore when incubated on water for up to 18 days at 8$^{\circ}C$. No oospores formed on infection sites without necrosis. However, abundant oospores were produced at necrotized infection sites when inoculated leaf disk incubated on dry filter paper for 5 days at 8$^{\circ}C$. Both susceptible and resistant hop cultivars produced abundant oospores. In the measurement of optimal temperature for oospore production, oospores were produced at 6 to 12$^{\circ}C$ Most abundant oospores were produced at 8$^{\circ}C$. We suggest that proper combination of low temperature, dryness and necrosis may be a critical environmental factors for oospore production of P. humuli.

• The Korean Journal of Mycology
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• v.45 no.2
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• pp.160-166
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• 2017

The genus Pseudoperonospora (Peronosporales, Oomycota) comprises six accepted species, including Ps. cubensis, which causes downy mildew on many economically important cucurbitaceous crops, and Ps. humuli, which occurs on hops. During a survey of downy mildew flora in Korea, a previously unreported species of Pseudoperonospora was found on Urtica angustifolia. Based on molecular phylogenetic and morphological analyses, the causal agent was identified as Pseudoperonospora urticae. This is the first report of Pseudoperonospora urticae occurring on Urtica angustifolia in Korea.

• Mycobiology
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• v.49 no.2
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• pp.188-195
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• 2021

The genus Pseudoperonospora, an obligate biotrophic group of Oomycota, causes the most destructive foliar downy mildew disease on many economically important crops and wild plants. A previously unreported disease by Pseudoperonospora was found on oriental pickling melon (Cucumis melo var. conomon) in Korea, which is a minor crop cultivated in the temperate climate zone of East Asia, including China, Korea, and Japan. Based on molecular phylogenetic and morphological analyses, the causal agent was identified as Pseudoperonospora cubensis, and its pathogenicity has been proven. Importantly, two phylogenetic clades of P. cubensis, harboring probably two distinct species, were detected within the same plots, suggesting simultaneous coexistence of the two clades. This is the first report of P. cubensis causing downy mildew on oriental pickling melon in Korea, and the confirmation of presence of two phylogenetic clades of this pathogen in Korea. Given the high incidence of P. cubensis and high susceptibility of oriental pickling melon to this disease, phytosanitary measures, including rapid diagnosis and effective control management, are urgently required.