Fruit Pathology Resources at The Ohio State University  
                      Organic Small Fruit Disease Management Guidelines    

Contents

  1) Introduction

 

  2) Fruit Diseases

         Mummy Berry

         Botrytis Blight (gray mold)

         Anthracnose Fruit Rot

 

  3) Stem and Foliage Diseases

         Fusicoccum Canker

         Phomopsis Twig Blight

 

  4) Root Diseases

         Phytophthora Root Rot

         Bacterial Crown Gall

 

  5) Virus and Phytoplasmas

 

  6) Disease Resistant Varieties

 

  7) Cultural Practice

 


Integrated Management of Blueberry Diseases

 

Welcome!  Please use the menu on your left to learn more about the integrated management strategies on organic blueberry production.  (click on each area or specific disease to open a file to learn more on that subject).  Please note that new subjects will open in a new browser window.


The following information gives a description of symptoms, causal organisms, and control of the most common blueberry diseases in the Midwest.

 
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                                                                             Michael Ellis : 330-263-3849; ellis.7@osu.edu