little cherry disease

Bing cherries showing symptoms of little cherry disease on left, with healthy cherries on right. (Courtesy Washington State Univeristy)

Federal funding bill aids fruit industry

January 8, 2021

X disease headlines Hort Show morning session

December 8, 2020

There is no treatment for trees with little cherry disease, so the only option is to remove them to protect healthy trees nearby, like this sweet cherry block in Eastern Washington that was uprooted and stacked in burn piles last summer. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

X-disease, little cherry disease impact survey needs grower input

October 29, 2020

A stump, treated with herbicide, stands above a block that has suffered significant losses to X disease over the past two years. The phytoplasma pathogen can spread through root-to-root grafting, so treating the stumps with herbicide can reveal if neighboring, not-yet-symptomatic trees need to be removed as well. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

Aid available for cherry growers removing little cherry disease-infected blocks

August 12, 2020

Training video will help scouts spot little cherry disease

June 24, 2020

Smart scouting for little cherry disease — Video

June 5, 2020

Vector investigations

May 18, 2020

DuPont and Harper: Better disease detection

May 14, 2020

There is no treatment for trees with little cherry disease, so the only option is to remove them to protect healthy trees nearby, like this sweet cherry block in Eastern Washington that was uprooted and stacked in burn piles last summer. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

Little cherry disease expected to take a bite out of 2020 crop volume

March 25, 2020

Hort Show Day 2 afternoon: Fruit set variability predicted to increase

December 10, 2019