. Diseases of fruits and nuts. Fruit; Nuts. 32 Caltfornla Agricultural Extension Service [Cir. 120 Brown Rot, Monilia Blossom Blight.âThis disease is named from the soft rotting of the ripe fruit of apricots, cherries, plums, and peaches, which it causes in humid summer climates. In California the fruit-rot form is less common but is sometimes seen in places where conditions are favorable (fig. 14). The ordinary form of the disease here is a blossom and. .#, ?1 '"'^â¢.^/^#-^)' >L â - Fig. 16.âSpores of brown-rot fungus from one of the tufts shown in figure 17. The chains break up i
. Diseases of fruits and nuts. Fruit; Nuts. 32 Caltfornla Agricultural Extension Service [Cir. 120 Brown Rot, Monilia Blossom Blight.âThis disease is named from the soft rotting of the ripe fruit of apricots, cherries, plums, and peaches, which it causes in humid summer climates. In California the fruit-rot form is less common but is sometimes seen in places where conditions are favorable (fig. 14). The ordinary form of the disease here is a blossom and. .#, ?1 '"'^â¢.^/^#-^)' >L â - Fig. 16.âSpores of brown-rot fungus from one of the tufts shown in figure 17. The chains break up into single spores. Magnified about 500 times. twig blight (fig. 15), with considerable gumming, which attacks mainly apricots, peaches, and the Drake variety of almond (p. 6). Rotted fruits hang on the tree over winter in a dried-up "mummy" condition. Many twigs and spurs may be killed and cankers or scars produced on the branches. On such mummies, dead spurs, and cankers, the fungus spores {^^. 16) of Sclerofinia fructicola or S. laxa break out early in spring in the form of little, gray, dusty tufts (fig. 17). This happens. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smith, Ralph E. (Ralph Eliot), 1874-1953. Berkeley, Calif. : The College of Agriculture, University of California
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