Powdery Mildew – Vegetable Quiz Powdery Mildew - Vegetable Quiz Take the Quiz! Get a perfect score! Earn the medallion! Questions may have more than one correct answer. Be sure to select all answers that are correct. If you don't get a perfect score, you can take the quiz again until you do! Please provide your email address to receive your digital medallion. Reference: Powdery Mildew - Vegetable Fact Sheet.Email(Required) 1) Powdery mildew typically causes little damage on most plants, although the disease can potentially cause serious problems on vegetables such as corn and green beans.(Required) true false 2) Pine and spruce trees are not affected by powdery mildew.(Required) true false 3) Powdery mildew on phlox, lilacs, and cucumbers is caused by different bacteria.(Required) true false 4) The powdery mildew pathogen readily overwinters(Required) on debris from infected plants in soil on gardening tools none of the above 5) Powdery mildew is typically more of a problem when the weather is hot and dry.(Required) true false 6) Management of powdery mildew can include(Required) using powdery mildew resistant varieties routinely decontaminating garden tools reducing mulching around susceptible plants using fungicide treatments increasing spacing between plants burning, burying, or hot composting debris from infected plants none of the above 7) Plant varieties resistant to powdery mildew will still show symptoms/signs of the disease, just less severe symptoms/signs than non-resistant varieties.(Required) true false Δ
