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  • Image: Black knot 1
    Credit: M. Grabowski, University Of Minnesota
  • Image: Black knot 2

    Credit: M. Grabowski, University Of Minnesota

  • Image: Black knot 3

    Credit: M. Grabowski, University Of Minnesota

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green arrowBlack knot
Apiosporina morbosa

  • Lumpy olive to black elongate swellings along all sizes of twigs
    and branches
  • Gall formation may cause leaves to wilt or not leaf out showing branch dieback
  • Rough black cracked swelling can occur on the main trunk
  • Most common on choke and pin cherry
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  • Image: Branch cankers 1
    Credit: E. L. Barnard, FL Dept. of Ag. and Consumer Services, Bugwood.org
  • Image: Branch cankers 2

    Credit: Univ. of GA Plant Pathology Archive, Univ. of GA, Bugwood.org

  • Image: Branch cankers 3

    Credit: M. Grabowski, University Of Minnesota

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green arrowBranch cankers
Valsa leucostoma, Leucostoma spp.

  • Leaves on random branches wilt, turn yellow then brown
  • Cankers are brown to black sunken areas on branch that may have cracked bark and discolored reddish brown sapwood
  • Sticky gum exudes from branch cankers
  • Infected branches don't leaf out in spring
  • Random dead branches seen throughout canopy
  • Raised black pimple like fungal structures form on cankers and dead branches, exude orange tendrils of spores in wet weather
  • Common on trees stressed by drought, winter injury, wounds, insect feeding or other factors
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  • Image: Leaf spot 1
    Credit: J. O'Brien, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org
  • Image: Leaf spot 2

    Credit: J. O'Brien, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org

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green arrowLeaf spot
Blumeriella jaapii

  • Leaves with multiple spots turn yellow and fall off prematurely
  • Spots grow together, causing large parts of the leaf to turn brown
  • Purple to reddish brown spots that are up to 1/10th inch diameter
  • Leaf spots dry up and fall out, leaving holes in the leaf, leave appear to have shot holes
  • Damage first seen in late spring, early summer
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  • Image: Brown rot 1
    Credit: Clemson University - USDA Cooperative Extension; Bugwood.org
  • Image: Brown rot 2

    Credit: Div. of Plant Industry Archive, FL Dept. of Ag. and Consumer Serv., Bugwood.org

  • Image: Brown rot 3

    Credit: M.A. Hansen, VA Poly. Institute and State Univ., Bugwood.org

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green arrowBrown rot
Monilinia fructicola

  • Sudden browning of blossoms or wilting of leaves
  • Sunken, darkened areas on twigs from which gums are exuded, also known as gummosis
  • Part or all of the ripening fruit develop a soft brown rot, then become shriveled and dusted with powdery tufts of tan to gray spores
  • Rotten fruit may remain attached to the tree or fall to the ground
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  • Image: Leaf curl 1
    Credit: M. Grabowski, University Of Minnesota
  • Image: Leaf curl 2

    Credit: M. Grabowski, University Of Minnesota

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green arrowLeaf curl
Taphrina wiesneri

  • Leaves have thick puckered to curled spots that are yellow to reddish brown
  • Diseased leaves droop, turn brown and die as the disease progresses
  • Witches brooms, clusters of small twigs arising from a swollen area of the branch, form on some infected trees
  • Common on wild cherry trees
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  • Image: Verticillium Wilt 1
    Credit: C. Ash Kanner
  • Image: Verticillium Wilt 2

    Credit: W. Jacobi, CO State University, Bugwood.org

  • Image: Verticillium Wilt 3

    Credit: M. Grabowski, University of Minnesota

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green arrowVerticillium Wilt
Verticillium dahliae

  • Leaves turn brown from the edges and tips, then wilt and die in severe infections
  • Leaf symptoms are often seen on only one or a few random branches in the canopy
  • Leaves are small and yellowed in chronic infections
  • Dark streaks can be seen in the sapwood if the bark is peeled back, appearing as rings or arcs in a cross cut
  • Symptoms may develop over a single growing season, or over several years
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