Grape downy mildew: how to spot, prevent and treat it disease

How do you spot grape downy mildew?

Yellow, oily blotches show on the upper side of the leaf, with a white cottony coating beneath them. In a heavy attack the leaf drops and the bunch is left without the foliage that would feed it.

How do you prevent grape downy mildew?

The measure is everything that dries the foliage and the bunches: thinning and training the shoots, taking the leaves out of the fruiting zone, an airy sunny site, and the ground under the vine mown short. The shade of a neighbouring tree is a factor, not a detail.

What works against grape downy mildew?

Copper remains the most reliable class against downy mildew and the fungus has not built up resistance to it. It works as a preventive and not on a leaf that is already affected.

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