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12.06.2023 - 00:56 / gardenerspath.com / Helga George
How to Identify, Prevent, and Treat Collar and Crown Rot in Fruit Trees PhytophthoraWhile the name Phytophthora might not mean much to you, these organisms are a menace to agriculture and forests alike.
The name is derived from Greek and tells you what you need to know about them: plant destroyers.
Once thought to be fungi, these water molds are now considered a separate type of organism. However, they are as aggressive and destructive as any fungus.
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More than 100 species of Phytophthora cause a complex of diseases on hundreds of kinds of plants. Several different species can infect temperate fruit trees such apple and crabapple, pear, peach, apricot, plum, and cherry and also tropical fruit trees such as oranges, limes, and lemons.
Difficult to diagnose, these organisms can kill the fine roots (root rot), damage the roots right below the soil surface (crown rot), and rot the tree above the union (collar rot).
Read on to learn how to distinguish Phytophthora infections from other fruit tree pathogens and steps you can take to prevent these debilitating diseases.
Collar Rot SymptomsYou may not even realize your trees are infected until you discover that the scion has been totally girdled, and your trees are on death’s doorstep.
Look at the lower part of the scion, and you may be able to see a depressed canker that can be purple, grey, or dark brown. A dead giveaway can be a gummy exudate under the dead bark.
Another symptom can be early ripening of the fruit, which may be small and highly colored.
Armillaria root rot (the honey mushroom) is another devastating disease that can cause similar symptoms. Armillaria
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