Application of Ampellomyces quisqualis and some Non-Chemical Measures for Managing Powdery Mildew Disease: A Review

Powdery mildew is one of the economically important diseases. It causes huge crop losses by adversely affecting quantity as well as quality of several cereals, pulses, vegetable, ornamental, fruit crops. There are certain genera of fungal domain namely species of Erysiphe, Microsphaera, Phyllactinia, Podosphaera, Sphaerotheca, Uncinula etc. The disease primarily infects the aerial plant parts and poses a negative impact on physiological activities. It can effectively be managed through the application of antagonists especially Ampellomyces quisqualis and some other means of on non-chemical nature like milk, natural sulfur, potassium bicarbonate, sodium bicarbonate, metal salts, oils, neem oil, sesame oil, compost tea, and involvement of genes in disease resistance event. This review paper limelight in a precise way the various aspects related to the pathogenic and its antagonist fungi. It deals with updated information of powdery mildew genera with peculiar characteristics. History, biology, infection mechanism, life cycle, ecology, host spectrum, and occurrence of A. quisqualis is mentioned in detail.