- Diseases of Apple Trees and Fruit
- Insect Pests of Apple Trees and Fruit
- Wildlife Problems of Apple Trees and Fruit
- Other Challenges of Growing Apples
Disease Management in Apple Trees and Fruit
- Apple Mosaic Virus
- Apple Scab
- Armillaria Root Rot
- Bitter Rot
- Blister Spot
- Black pox
- Black Root Rot
- Black Rot
- Blue Mold
- Brooks Spot
- Cedar-Apple Rust
- Fire Blight
- Fly Speck
- ‘Golden Delicious’ Necrotic Leaf Blotch
- Latent Viruses
- Nectria Canker
- Nectria Twig Blight
- Phytophthora Root, Crown and Collar Rot
- Powdery Mildew
- Quince Rust
- Sooty Blotch
- Southern Blight
- Thread Blight
- Union Necrosis and Decline
- Viruses
- White Root Rot
- White Rot
- Wood Rots
- X-Spot
Effect of Wind on Apple Trees
Strong wind, especially wind associated with tropical storms that saturate the soil, can cause fruit trees to lean and sometimes be totally uprooted. Due to small and brittle root systems, dwarfing rootstocks tend to be prone to wind damage.
Susceptibility to wind damage appears to be related to the combination of rootstock and scion cultivar. Some brittle cultivars, such as ‘Gala’ and ‘Golden Delicious’, when propagated on brittle rootstocks, such as G.30 or M.26, may snap at the bud union. …