Evaluation of Commercial and Experimental Varieties of Sweet Basil Resistant to Downy Mildew, 2022.

Below are photographs of cultivars evaluated for their resistance to downy mildew in a replicated field experiment at the Long Island Horticultural Research and Extension Center in Riverhead, NY.  See report for information about methods and results plus data table.

Figure 1. Overview of field experiment, taken on 19 September. Basil was transplanted on 11 July.

basil experiment overview

Figure 2. Plants in the field on 19 September.

a basil plot
DiGenova (susceptible control)
a basil plot
Passion
a basil plot
Devotion
a basil plot
Obsession
a basil plot
Thunderstruck
a basil plot
Prospera CG1
a basil plot
Prospera Red
a basil plot
Italian Pb-2
a basil plot
Compact Pb-2
Meg McGrath and Technician Collin Downing in basil experiment.
Collin Downing and Meg McGrath inspecting plots in downy mildew resistant basil variety evaluation on 15 September 2022.