Barley Powdery Mildew
08 Jan 2022
The ink painting/ drawing shows a Blumeria graminis f.sp. hordei colony on the surface of a barley leaf.
The painting shows jewel-like erect conidiophores, rising from the surface of the leaf. Grey hyphae are shown expanding over the leaf.
Inspired by Prof. Pietro Spanu’s photography
Top: scanned image
Bottom: photograpg
My Blumeria graminis f. sp. hordei painting won the ‘Magnified’ section of the American Phytopathological Society’s Art in Phytopathology competition!
The image shows a tweet with the caption:
“Join us this week as we congratulate the 2022 Art in Phytopathology Contest winners! Today Featuring the Magnified winner - Blumeria graminis - beauty in infection by Helen Pennington (@hgpennington). CONGRATULATIONS [celebrate emoji] [party popper emoji] #ArtInPhytoPathology #PlantHealth #SciArt”
I paid $90 to join APS, to win $50 😂 but it’s really not the money that counts. It’s knowing that I won!
The picture shows a characteristic Blumeria fungal haustorium within an infected cell.
Top: scanned image
Bottom: photograph