Control of sooty blotch and black rot of apple through removal of fruit mummies
Several popular apple cultivars retain their aborted fruits as mummies on the tree. In laboratory conditions, overwintered fruit mummies collected from a Northern German apple orchard under organic management released inoculum, which caused black rot due to Diplodia seriata and sooty blotch due to P...
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| description | Several popular apple cultivars retain their aborted fruits as mummies on the tree. In laboratory conditions, overwintered fruit mummies collected from a Northern German apple orchard under organic management released inoculum, which caused black rot due to Diplodia seriata and sooty blotch due to Peltaster cerophilus on ripe apples. In a field trial conducted over four years in another organic orchard, the manual removal of fruit mummies in winter and again in late June of each year significantly reduced the incidence of both these diseases. However, fruit mummy removal did not significantly affect the development of storage rots due to Neofabraea alba and N. perennans. The potential, limitations and costs of this phytosanitary measure are discussed in the context of organic apple production. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d4d1c818d8004d1dbd16772361cb72b92022-12-21T21:29:24ZengSciendoFolia Horticulturae2083-59652015-06-01271435110.1515/fhort-2015-0013fhort-2015-0013Control of sooty blotch and black rot of apple through removal of fruit mummiesBeer Margarita0Brockamp Leona1Weber Roland W.S.2Northern German Organic Fruit Consultancy Service ÖON Esteburg Centre, Moorende 53, 21635 Jork, GermanyNorthern German Organic Fruit Consultancy Service ÖON Esteburg Centre, Moorende 53, 21635 Jork, GermanyFruit Research Station OVA Esteburg Centre, Moorende 53, 21635 Jork, GermanySeveral popular apple cultivars retain their aborted fruits as mummies on the tree. In laboratory conditions, overwintered fruit mummies collected from a Northern German apple orchard under organic management released inoculum, which caused black rot due to Diplodia seriata and sooty blotch due to Peltaster cerophilus on ripe apples. In a field trial conducted over four years in another organic orchard, the manual removal of fruit mummies in winter and again in late June of each year significantly reduced the incidence of both these diseases. However, fruit mummy removal did not significantly affect the development of storage rots due to Neofabraea alba and N. perennans. The potential, limitations and costs of this phytosanitary measure are discussed in the context of organic apple production.https://doi.org/10.1515/fhort-2015-0013diplodia seriataneofabraea albaneofabraea perennansorganic productionpeltaster cerophilusstorage rot |
| spellingShingle | Beer Margarita Brockamp Leona Weber Roland W.S. Control of sooty blotch and black rot of apple through removal of fruit mummies Folia Horticulturae diplodia seriata neofabraea alba neofabraea perennans organic production peltaster cerophilus storage rot |
| title | Control of sooty blotch and black rot of apple through removal of fruit mummies |
| title_full | Control of sooty blotch and black rot of apple through removal of fruit mummies |
| title_fullStr | Control of sooty blotch and black rot of apple through removal of fruit mummies |
| title_full_unstemmed | Control of sooty blotch and black rot of apple through removal of fruit mummies |
| title_short | Control of sooty blotch and black rot of apple through removal of fruit mummies |
| title_sort | control of sooty blotch and black rot of apple through removal of fruit mummies |
| topic | diplodia seriata neofabraea alba neofabraea perennans organic production peltaster cerophilus storage rot |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1515/fhort-2015-0013 |
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