Fungicides can be applied to apple or flowering crab in the spring to prevent rust infection. The first spray should be applied as soon as the gelatinous tendrils are noticed on the cedar galls.

The USDA describes this fungus as follows in their "Plant of the Week" blog (though these aren’t plants, they do infect plants). “Cedar apple rust is a member of the family Pucciniaceae, a ...

A strange orange or red fungus, called cedar apple rust, is showing up on cedar and apple trees in the Midwest.

Bright orange growths on juniper trees and shrubs are signs of a fungal disease called cedar-apple rust that involves both junipers and apple trees. Later in the summer, the disease can mar the ...

If you are growing apples, preventive fungicides can be used to protect developing foliage when galls on the juniper are gelatinous, or plant apple cultivars that are resistant to cedar apple rust.

For example, if you grow roses, you may have problems with diseases such as anthracnose, rust, leaf spot, or powdery mildew. Growers of both apple trees and crabapple trees commonly face apple scab.

Cedar apple rust is a common fungal disease which impacts junipers, apples and crabapples. It uses the different species as alternate hosts. Symptoms are easily identified. In early summer, yellow ...

Spring is the time for the annual struggle between keeping fruit trees alive and keeping bees alive to pollinate the trees.

It’s hard to prevent rust infections on vulnerable plants unless you are willing to apply several preventative treatments of fungicide.

The cedar-hawthorn rust galls may last for several years. This same bright orange fungus (exotic flower) returns the favor and sends millions of spores back to the apple and hawthorn trees.

Ash rust can be prevented with fungicides and pruning.Q: I have an ash tree and many of the leaves have scattered orange spots on them. It seems to have spread over the entire plant. Is there ...

OKLAHOMA CITY – If your trees aren’t looking as green as normal, they may have become the victim of a fungus. Cedar-apple rust causes premature defoliation, reduces the quality of fruit… ...