Vine mildew Meaning, Definition & Usage
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(Bot.) , a fungous growth which forms a white, delicate, cottony layer upon the leaves, young shoots, and fruit of the vine, causing brown spots upon the green parts, and finally a hardening and destruction of the vitality of the surface. The plant has been calledOidium Tuckeri , but is now thought to be the conidia-producing stage of anErysiphe .