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Fruit Crop Alert Staff

Vol. 22, No. 7, May 22, 2007

Blossom blight in blueberries Annemiek Schilder Plant Pathology


Photo 1. Brown, spreading lesion on stem is typical of Phomopsis twig blight. Photo credit: Phillip Wharton, MSU.	Photo2. Blueberry flower cluster killed by Phomopsis twig blight. Note brown discoloration of subtending twig.


Photo 3. Flower cluster killed by the mummy berry fungus (Monilinia vaccinii-corymbosi) with characteristic layer of gray powdery spores on cluster stem and flower stem. Photo credit: Peter Oudemans, Rutgers University.	Photo 4. Flower cluster killed by Botrytis cinerea showing layer of grayish brown powdery spores all over flower cluster. Photo credit: Bill Cline, NC State University.

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