FOR POWDERY MILDEW, PREVENTION IS BEST CURE.(LIFE) From: The News & Record (Piedmont Triad, NC) | Date: June 22, 1996 | COPYRIGHT 1996 News & Record. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: KAREN NEILL

As frequent rains and warmer temperatures arrive, you can count on powdery mildew being close behind. This is a disease caused by one of several closely related fungi. It attacks scores of different vegetables and ornamental plants.

Squash, cucumbers, peas, beans and melons are all frequent victims, as are crape myrtles, roses, hydrangeas, hollies, dogwoods and euonymus.

A circular, white powdery fungus covers the tops of foliage...