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Diseases

Gooseberry powdery mildew

Ribes uva-crispa L.

A fungal disease of gooseberries caused by the pathogen Podosphaera mors-uvae, affecting all vegetative parts of the plant, including berries, which leads to their deformation and premature drop.

In the reference 176 varieties crop Gooseberry, where this is mentioned in the description.

The causative agent of the disease is the fungus Podosphaera mors-uvae, also known as Sphaerotheca. The pathogen infects young shoots and leaves, on which a white cobweb-like coating forms at the beginning of the growing season, eventually thickening into a brown, felt-like mass. As a result, shoots become twisted, internodes shorten, and leaves fall prematurely.

A characteristic sign of gooseberry infection is the damage to berries and ovaries, on which the coating turns into a dense brown film. Infected fruits stop growing, crack, and drop off. In the final stages of the fungus development, small black dots—cleistothecia—become visible within the coating.

In breeding work, hybrids with American gooseberry species, such as Grossularia robusta and Grossularia succirubra, are used to evaluate resistance. Cultivar resistance is categorized into immune, field-resistant, and susceptible varieties, although standardized genetic markers are not used in breeding.

General information about the subject — on the page Powdery mildew.

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Varieties of Gooseberry mentioned in the description

Selection based on the description text, not on official evaluation: these data are absent from registers. For specific variety details, please refer to its profile.

Pax

Active

Ribes uva-crispa L. · Gooseberry

Vicky Knight

CZ NL PL
12 records

Rokula

Active

Ribes uva-crispa L. · Gooseberry

Rolf Bauer

CZ HU NL SK
10 records

Rafzuera

Active

Ribes uva-crispa L. · Gooseberry

Peter Hauenstein

NL
7 records

Redeva

Active

Ribes uva-crispa L. · Gooseberry

Werner Grafmüller

DE NL
10 records

Ribes uva-crispa L. · Gooseberry

CZ NL SI
9 records

Rafzicta

Active

Ribes uva-crispa L. · Gooseberry

Peter Hauenstein

DE NL
6 records

MAShEKA

Active

Ribes uva-crispa L. · Gooseberry

VOLUZNEV ANATOLIJ GRIGOR'EVICh

EE
6 records

May Duke

Active

Ribes uva-crispa L. · Gooseberry

CZ NL SI SK
10 records

Rolonda

Active

Ribes uva-crispa L. · Gooseberry

CZ HU SK
5 records

Ribes uva-crispa L. · Gooseberry

V. Kopan c/o Institute of Horticulture Research Centre

EE
3 records

Relina

Active

Ribes uva-crispa L. · Gooseberry

Werner Grafmüller

DE
6 records

Karát

Active

Ribes uva-crispa L. · Gooseberry

Shestopal Halyna Serhiivna, Kopan Volodymyr Pavlovych, Kopan` Kira Mykolaivna,

CZ UA
10 records

Hinsel

Active

Ribes uva-crispa L. · Gooseberry

Instytut Ogrodnictwa - Państwowy Instytut Badawczy

PL
4 records

Ribes uva-crispa L. · Gooseberry

Instytut Ogrodnictwa - Państwowy Instytut Badawczy

PL
3 records

Flamingo

Active

Ribes uva-crispa L. · Gooseberry

SOROKOPUDOVA OL'GA ANATOL'EVNA / SOROKOPUDOV VLADIMIR NIKOLAEVICh / SOLOV'EVA ANNA EVGEN'EVNA

2 records

Ribes uva-crispa L. · Gooseberry

Instytut Ogrodnictwa - Państwowy Instytut Badawczy

PL
4 records

Ribes uva-crispa L. · Gooseberry

CZ
5 records

Mistral

Active

Ribes uva-crispa L. · Gooseberry

Sempra Praha a.s., CZ

CZ SK
4 records

Remarka

Active

Ribes uva-crispa L. · Gooseberry

CZ NL
9 records

Ribes uva-crispa L. · Gooseberry

CZ NL
10 records

Achilles

Active

Ribes uva-crispa L. · Gooseberry

NL SI
7 records