Controlling Fruit Rots and Other Summer Diseases
Mike Basedow, Tree Fruit Specialist
Eastern New York Commercial Horticulture
This is a presentation by Dr. Srdjan Acimovic of the Hudson Valley Research Lab. In this webinar, Dr. Acimovic discusses the biology and management of summer diseases of apples. Topics covered include bitter rot, Marssonina blotch, sooty blotch/flyspeck, and more.
To view the video, click here.
Click the link below to view the slides.
Controlling Fruit Rots and Other Summer Diseases (pdf; 5134KB)

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