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  • February 15th 2019 Issue
  • Story by Ross Courtney
  • Phytoplasmas found in stone fruit

    Pathogens similar to little cherry disease are found in peaches, nectarines.

    Scott Harper of the Clean Plant Center Northwest is asking stone fruit growers to be on the lookout for peach trees with premature yellowing, reddening and curling of leaves and dieback, such as this peach tree in Franklin County, Washington, in 2018. The symptoms could indicate Western X phytoplasma or pear decline phytoplasma. (Courtesy Alice Wright/Washington State University) en español This article is also available in Spanish: Fitoplasmas encontrados en fruta de hueso Washington cherry growers, by now, know the dangers of phytoplasmas that cause little cherry disease and are on the lookout for symptoms. Peach and nectarine growers are […]

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