Mummyberry is perhaps the most common disease of blueberries in North America. Its severity varies greatly from year to year depending on weather conditions. Crop losses can be significant in years with rainy springs. ...

Red stele is a destructive disease in most strawberry-producing regions of the world in which soils tend to be cool and wet. Although red stele does not occur on all farms in New York, it is common on poorly drained soils. ...

Leaf spot is a common and sometimes serious disease of sour cherries in the Northeast. In wet years, high levels of infection can cause trees to defoliate by mid-summer, leading to inferior crop quality, significantly ...

Black knot is a common and often serious disease of plum and prune trees in New York. Once established, the disease becomes progressively more severe each year unless control measures are taken. Infected limbs and twigs ...

Leather rot is a disease of strawberries that occurs sporadically throughout New York State. Although it is a less common cause of fruit decay than gray mold (Botrytis fruit rot), leather rot can cause significant damage ...

Sooty blotch and fly speck are the two most common “summer diseases” of apples in the Northeast; they are also problems on pears. Although caused by two different organisms, the diseases often occur together since both are ...

Perennial canker (also called Valsa canker, Cytospora canker, Leucostoma canker, and peach canker) is one of the most common and debilitating diseases of peach trees in the Northeast. It also occurs regularly on sweet ...

Phytophthora root and crown rots (sometimes called collar rot) are common and destructive diseases of fruit trees throughout the world. In New York, apple, cherry, peach, and apricot trees are usually attacked, whereas ...