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  • Image: Black Rot 1
    Credit: G. Sundin, Michigan State University, Michigan State University
  • Image: Black Rot 2

    Credit: G. Sundin, Michigan State University, Michigan State University

  • Image: Black Rot 3

    Credit: M. Grabowski, University of Minnesota

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green arrowBlack Rot
Botryosphaeria obtusa

  • Fruit is rotted but remains firm
  • Fruit may become mummified and remain on tree
  • Round leaf spots with a purple border & tan center
  • Large brown spots with brown rings form on fruit
  • Branch cankers can be sunken, reddish brown or rough looking or cracked bark; cankers may remain small or enlarge to become several feet long
  • Leaves on girdled branches wilt, die and turn brown
  • Common on stressed trees & trees infected with fire blight
  • More information on Black Rot...
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  • Image: White Rot 1
    Credit: University of Georgia Plant Pathology Archive, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org
  • Image: White Rot 2

    Credit: University of Georgia Plant Pathology Archive, University of
    Georgia, Bugwood.org

  • Image: White Rot 3

    Credit: University of Georgia Plant Pathology Archive, University of
    Georgia, Bugwood.org

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green arrowWhite Rot
Botryosphaeria dothidea

  • Sunken brown spots on fruit, can grow to rot part or all of fruit
  • Fruit rot is soft, watery and extends to the core of the apple
  • Small blister like spots on branches exude, watery fluid
  • Branch infections grow to cracked, flakey, orange canker
  • Leaves on girdled branches wilt, die and turn brown
  • For management information see Black Rot...
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  • Image: Fire Blight 1
    Credit: University of Georgia Plant Pathology Archive, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org
  • Image: Fire Blight 2

    Credit: G. Sundin, Michigan State University, Michigan State University

  • Image: Fire Blight 3

    Credit: G. Sundin, Michigan State University, Michigan State University

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green arrowFire Blight
Erwinia amylovora

  • Infected fruit are shriveled and discolored
  • Young shoots bend over forming a "shepherd's crook"
  • Infected leaves wilt, turn gray then dark brown
  • Infected blossoms first turn gray, then black
  • Infected leaves & blossoms remain attached to the tree, often even in winter
  • Branch cankers have dark ,sunken & cracked bark, sapwood is streaked reddish brown
  • Drops of sticky honey colored liquid can be seen on infected plant parts in warm wet weather
  • More information on Fire Blight...

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