Growing fruit in a backyard or home orchard can be rewarding or can be very frustrating, depending on disease and insect pests that may ... pluots, and cherries). Apple trees are commonly affected by ...

Hazard maps are an important tool in disease management, serving as a guide on where to plant trees bred to be resistant to fusiform rust. However, many of the previous maps are outdated.

Apple trees can also be purchased from local nurseries or garden ... fire blight and cedar apple rust. Some common disease-resistant varieties include Goldrush, Jonafree, Liberty, Pristine, Redfree ...

The second most common diseases, apple and pear scab, are also highly contagious fungal ... The fourth most common plant disease once again affects pear trees. Pear rust is a fungal infection caused ...

Alpine regions are coming under increasing pressure from pests and pathogens Researchers have found a way to tackle a disease that ... bladder needle rust-resistant spruce trees could limit ...

1. Rake up and discard or burn all debris beneath infected plants each fall, including leaves and fruit. This includes ...

However, almost all mature American elm trees have been killed in the last 50 years by Dutch elm disease, which is caused by a fungus, Ophiostoma novo-ulmi, introduced from Asia. Elm bark beetles ...

More trees are to be felled in public parks as a council battles against a fatal disease. About 35 trees will be removed from parks run by North Northamptonshire Council to combat ash dieback this ...

A 20-year quest to rediscover the Colorado Orange apple is seeing the fruits of its labor. But initial taste tests have been ... lackluster.

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