Skip to content

Apples

  • Home
  • Rootstocks
  • Cultivars
  • Establishing an Orchard
  • Managing Orchards
  • Propagation
  • Cider Apples
  • Regional Resources

Tag: pathogen

Posted on August 22, 2019August 22, 2019

What is southern blight in apple trees?

Southern blight is caused by the fungus Sclerotium rolfsii. The disease is a problem primarily in the Piedmont apple-growing region in the southeastern United States. S. rolfsii is a widespread pathogen that affects several hundred plant species. For more information, read this article on Southern Blight in Apple Trees.

Answer provided by Alan R. Biggs, West Virginia University.…

Connect with Us

  • Facebook

Recent Posts

  • 2022 CiderCon Climate Change and Apple Disease
  • “Small Steps to a Big Future for Massachusetts Cider Apples”
  • Cider Chick 007 (YouTube Channel)

Categories

  • Apples
  • Cider Apples

Tags

  • apple
  • apple article
  • apple cultivars
  • apple disease
  • apple faq
  • apple feature
  • apple fruit
  • apple insects
  • apple propagation
  • apple rootstock
  • apples
  • apples abiotic problems
  • apple scab
  • apple trees
  • apple varieties
  • budagovsky
  • budding
  • cultivar
  • disease
  • dwarf
  • emla
  • establishing an orchard
  • fire blight
  • fruit
  • fruits and nuts
  • geneva
  • glossary
  • grafting
  • horticulture
  • interstem
  • m26
  • malling
  • nursery
  • orchard
  • planting
  • propagation
  • root rot
  • rootstock
  • rootstock factors to consider
  • rootstock info
  • rootstock info page
  • scion
  • seedling
  • semi-dwarf
  • variety

Meta

  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org

This is a national Cooperative Extension resource

This work is supported in part by New Technologies for Agriculture Extension grant no. 2020-41595-30123 from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

© All rights reserved.

Proudly powered by WordPress