1Department of Fruits and Horticulture Technology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi-110 012, India.
2Farmers Call Center, Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, Hyderabad.
*Part of PhD Thesis submitted by first author to IARI, New Delhi during 1998.
Higher total acidity enhances resistance. Higher total sugars and reducing sugars enhance susceptibility to powdery mildew disease in grape. High varietal variation was found to disease intensity. Leaf area, leaf lamina thicknesses have no role and stomatal density has role in disease intensity.