Holb, I.2021-06-282021-06-282013-07-25International Journal of Horticultural Science, Vol. 19 No. 3-4 (2013) , 19-23.1585-0404https://hdl.handle.net/2437/314753Apple powdery mildew (Podoshphaera leucorticha) occurs wherever apples are grown. One of the most important fungal disease of apple which causing severe econimic loss on susceptible apple cultivars. Biology of the pathogen is widely investigated all over the world in the past 100 years. In this review, a summary from this enormous research is made for biology of apple powdery mildew in the following aspects: geographical distribution, morphology, taxonomy of the causal agent, symptoms, host susceptibility, resistance durability and disease cycle.application/pdfMalus x domestica Bork.apple powdery mildewPodoshphaera leucortichageographical distributionsymptomshost susceptibilitydisease cyclebiologyfolyóiratcikkOpen AccessInternational Journal of Horticultural Sciencehttps://doi.org/10.31421/IJHS/19/3-4./1096International Journal of Horticultural Science3-419Int. j. hortic. sci.2676-931X