Peronospora viciae is a plant pathogen. It is a downy mildew that can infect pea plants. In Iceland it grows on wild Vicia cracca and Lathyrus species.[1]

Peronospora viciae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Stramenopiles
Phylum: Oomycota
Order: Peronosporales
Family: Peronosporaceae
Genus: Peronospora
Species:
P. viciae
Binomial name
Peronospora viciae
(Berk.) Gäum. (1885)

References

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  1. ^ Helgi Hallgrímsson & Guðríður Gyða Eyjólfsdóttir (2004). Íslenskt sveppatal I - smásveppir [Checklist of Icelandic Fungi I - Microfungi. Fjölrit Náttúrufræðistofnunar. Náttúrufræðistofnun Íslands [Icelandic Institute of Natural History]. ISSN 1027-832X

Further reading

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Liu, Jianfeng; Cao, Tiesen; Chang, Kan-Fa; Hwang, Sheau-Fang; Strelkov, Stephen E. (January 2013). "Virulence and diversity of Peronospora viciae f. sp. pisi in Alberta, Canada". Crop Protection. 43: 18–26. doi:10.1016/j.cropro.2012.07.012.