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  • Image: Anthracnose 1
    Credit: M. Ellis, OSU
  • Image: Anthracnose 2

    Credit: M. Ellis, OSU

  • Image: Anthracnose 3

    Credit: M. Ellis, OSU

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green arrowAnthracnose (Bird’s Eye Rot)
Elsinoe ampelina

  • Berries develop small, reddish circular spots that average 1/4 inch in diameter that may become sunken with a dark brown to black margin, resembling a “bird’s eye”
  • Berries are susceptible from bloom to veraison
  • Infected shoots develop spots that become sunken lesions with gray centers and dark reddish-brown raised edges
  • Infected shoots may be confused with hail damage; but unlike hail damage, the edges of the lesions are raised and black
  • Leaves develop circular lesions with gray centers and brown or black margins, the center of the leaf spot may fall out resulting in small ragged holes in the leaf
  • Infection is more prevalent in rainy years
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  • Image: Grape Berry Moth 1
    Credit: T. L. Galvan, U of MN
  • Image: Grape Berry Moth 2

    Credit: T. L. Galvan, U of MN

  • Image: Grape Berry Moth 3

    Credit: T. L. Galvan, U of MN

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green arrowGrape Berry Moth

  • Larva feeding results in the fruit having a hole that appears “ripped”, with the berry eventually drying out
  • Dark tunnels may be apparent from larvae feeding just below the skin
  • Larvae present from June through August
  • Larvae feed on stems, blossom buds, and berries
  • Late instars are green to purple in color, and are 1/3 inch in length when fully grown
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  • Image: Black Rot 3
    Credit: Clemson University, Bugwood.org
  • Image: Black Rot 1

    Credit: M. Clerjeau, INRA, Centre de Recherches de Bordeaux, Bugwood.org

  • Image: Black Rot 2

    Credit: Credit: M. Ellis, OSU

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green arrowBlack Rot
Guignardia bidwellii

  • Berries that have been infected for several days dry up, shrink and wrinkle into a bluish black ‘mummy’ that remains attached to the cluster
  • A red ring appears on berries, this grows quickly until the entire berry is brown
  • Multiple berries in a cluster can be infected
  • Symptoms on berries commonly show up when the fruit is half grown
  • Leaves have round tan spots with dark edges, tiny black pimples are often visible in the center of the spot
  • Black slightly sunken ovals or short streaks can be seen on Infected young green vines, leaf and flower stalks
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  • Image: Phomopsis 2

    Credit: University of Georgia, Bugwood.org

  • Image: Phomopsis 1

    Credit: University of Georgia, Bugwood.org

  • Image: Phomopsis 3

    Credit: University of Georgia, Bugwood.org

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green arrowPhomopsis Cane and Leaf Spot
Phomopsis viticola

  • Fruit will turn light brown and shrivel, small raised black pimple like structures may be visible on the fruit surface
  • Symptoms on berries are most obvious close to harvest on maturing fruit
  • Leaves may be puckered along the veins or the margins may be turned under
  • Dark brown spots with yellow edges can also appear along leaf veins and petioles, the lower leaves are most commonly affected
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