Disease on crop
bacterialBacterial Canker on sour cherry
Pseudomonas syringae
Bacterial disease causing limb dieback and gummosis, particularly damaging in wet cool springs.
- Disease
- Bacterial Canker
- Pathogen type
- Bacterial
- Crop
- Sour Cherry
- Scientific name
- Pseudomonas syringae
Bacterial Canker on sour cherry
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Symptoms on sour cherry
- ▸ Sunken cankers with gum exudate
- ▸ Limb dieback
- ▸ Bud death and shoot blight
IPM controls
- ✓ Copper sprays in fall and dormant season
- ✓ Avoid pruning in wet weather
- ✓ Site selection (well-drained, less frost-pocket)
- ✓ Tolerant rootstocks
Other crops affected by bacterial canker
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