Australia has a suprisingly high diversity of powdery mildews infectin

Australia has a suprisingly high diversity of powdery mildews infectin

Australian scientists have identified 11 different species of powdery mildew infecting 51 different species of legume (beans, peas and lentils), and say this high level of diversity was unexpected. They looked back at old, dried specimens of legumes and used DNA to identify the powdery mildews infecting them. The most common was a mildew called Podosphaera xanthii, which the scientists say can infect at least 18 different species of legume. Powd…