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Cytospora Canker of Stone Fruits
Cytospora canker is one of the most destructive diseases of peaches, nectarines, apricots, sweet cherries, and plums in Pennsylvania. Also known as perennial canker, peach canker, Valsa canker, and Leucostoma canker, the disease can cause trees in young orchards to die. Infected trees in older orchards gradually lose productivity and slowly decline.
- Symptoms
- Disease Cycle
- Disease Management
- Planning a New Orchard
- Fertilizing
- Training and Pruning
- Controlling Insects and Other Diseases
- Eradicating Cytospora Canker