Phenology of infection on apple fruit by sooty blotch and flyspeck species in Iowa apple orchards

• Main Authors: Ismail, Siti Izera, Batzer, Jean C., Harrington, Thomas C., Gleason, Mark L.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: The American Phytopathological Society 2016
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/34902/1/Phenology%20of%20infection%20on%20apple%20fruit%20by%20sooty%20blotch%20and%20flyspeck%20species%20in%20Iowa%20apple%20orchards.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/34902/; http://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/abs/10.1094/PDIS-02-15-0137-RE?journalCode=pdis

Sooty blotch and flyspeck (SBFS) is a fungal disease complex that can cause significant economic losses to apple growers by blemishing the fruit surface with dark-colored colonies. Little is known about the phenology of host infection for this diverse group of epiphytes. In 2009 and 2010, we investi...