ABSTRACT Visible and nonvisible quiescent infections of immature and mature fruit are an integral component of the disease cycle of brown rot of sweet cherry in California. Detection of these infections is critical for developing efficient and efficacious fungicide management programs. The previously published DNA amplification primers mfs3 and NS5 for the identification of Monilinia fructicola...

A study was conducted to determine the abundance of potential foods and the feeding substrates and behaviors of the western cherry fruit fly, Rhagoletis indifferens Curran (Diptera: Tephritidae), in 2005, 2006, and 2007 in central Washington state. Aphid colonies with honeydew, a presumed food source for flies, were not seen on randomly selected branches of sweet cherry trees, Prunus avium L., ...

HomePlant DiseaseVol. 105, No. 1First Report of Cherry Virus Turkey in Sweet Greece PreviousNext DISEASE NOTES OPENOpen Access licenseFirst GreeceA. Katsiani, S. Li, J. Zhou, E. Demertzi, N. I. Katis, and V. MaliogkaA. Katsianihttp://orcid.org/0000-0003-4229-3449Laboratory Plant Pathology, School Agriculture, Faculty Forestry Natural Environment, Aristotle University Thessaloniki, 54124 GreeceS...