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Downy mildew of Papaver somnifmum in Tasmania

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Tasmania is the only state in Australia where opium poppies (Papaver somnferum) are cultivated commercially. In 1996, an epidemic of downy mildew (caused by Peronospora arborescens) was recorded for the first time in the commercial crop.

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  1. Glaxo Wellcome Australia Ltd., P.O. Box 189, 7307, Latrobe, Tasmania, Australia

    P. J. Cotterill

  2. Institute for Horticultural Development, South Eastern Mail Centre, Private Bag 15, 3176, Victoria, Australia

    I. G. Pascoe

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Cotterill, P.J., Pascoe, I.G. Downy mildew of Papaver somnifmum in Tasmania. Australasian Plant Pathology 27, 263–264 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1071/AP98030

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