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Apple and Pear Diseases Flashcards

1
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When were apples brought to North America?

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1600’s

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2
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How many apple cultivars make up 90% of US production?

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10

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3
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Who are the top two producers of apples in the world?

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China

USA

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4
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What is the world production of apples in pounds?

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125 billion

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5
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What is the current apple acreage in the USA?

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430,000

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6
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Apple trees are composed only of rootstock? (T/F)

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false

rootstock and scion (cultivar)

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7
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Does Apple Mosaic Virus cause Rose Mosaic?

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Yes

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8
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How is apple chlorotic leaf spot virus transmitted?

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grafting

no vector or seed transmission reported

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9
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Where can apple stem pitting virus be found in the plant?

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xylem

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10
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Do phytoplasmas effect apples and pears?

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yes

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11
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How is apple proliferation transmitted?

A

grafting

leafhoppers

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12
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What causes apple proliferation?

A

phytoplasma

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13
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Is apple proliferation in the US?

A

No, but in Europe

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14
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Where is the apple proliferation phytoplasma limited to in the plant?

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phloem

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15
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What broom symptom does apple proliferation cauase?

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Witches broom

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16
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What is one of the most important apple diseases in europe?

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apple proliferation

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17
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What symptom at grafting point does apple proliferation cause?

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black line between stock and cultivar

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18
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what is the most important type of pathogen for apple?

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bacteria

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19
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What is the pathogen that causes fire blight?

A

Erwinia Amylovora

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20
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What is Erwinia amylovora?

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a bacteria that causes fire blight disease

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21
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Is Erwinia amylovora native to North America?

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Yes

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22
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When was Erwinia amylovora introduced to Europe?

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1950-1960

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23
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Where does Erwinia amylovora overwinter?

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Only in host plants

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24
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What was the first bacteria shown to be pathogen to plants and when?

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Erwinia amylovora in 1885

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25
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Where does fire blight overwinter?

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in cankers

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26
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Where do fire blight cankers occur?

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on infected limbs or the trunk

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27
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What color is the bacterial ooze in fire blight cankers?

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white to yellow

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28
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Does fire blight also cause blossom blight on apple and pear trees?

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yes

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29
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Does fire blight cause rootstock blight?

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Yes

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30
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Will fire blight infect whole limbs?

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Yes

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31
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Does fire blight occur on Bradford pear?

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Yes

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32
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Is Apogee used in control of fire blight?

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Yes but experimentally

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33
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What is the scientific name of the cultivated apple?

A

Malus Domestica

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34
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What family is the cultivated apple in?

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Rosaceae

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35
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How does an apple a day keep the doctor away?

A

Flavonoids

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36
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What is the average apple yield per acre?

A

9800 lbs

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37
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What percentage of apple production happens in the USA?

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7%

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38
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What was the 2002 US apple production in lbs?

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8.5 billion

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39
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How many acres of apple trees are in the US?

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430,000

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40
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How many calories does the average apple contain?

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80

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41
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How many grams of fiber in an apple?

A

5

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42
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How many pounds of apples does the average consumer eat per year?

A

45.2 lbs

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43
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What is the Scion?

A

The apple cultivar

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44
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What is the Bromoviridae Ilavirus?

A

The apple mosaic virus

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45
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How is the apple mosaic virus transmitted?

A

mechanical,
grafting
pollen
NOT SEED TRANSMITTED

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46
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Where in the world is the apple mosaic virus found?

A

worldwide

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47
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Which virus shows rose mosaic symptoms in apples?

A

apple mosaic virus

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48
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What is the Betaflexiviridae Trichovirus?

A

apple chlorotic leaf spot virus

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49
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Where is apple chlorotic leaf spot virus found in the world?

A

worldwide

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50
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How is the apple chlorotic leaf spot virus transmitted?

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No transmission by vectors or seed reported

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51
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What is a symptom of the apple chlorotic leaf spot virus?

A

Pear ring pattern disease

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52
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What is a symptom of apple stem pitting virus?

A

Xylem pits in the stem
Epinasty
Stony pit

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53
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What is Betaflexiviridae Capillovirus?

A

apple stem grooving virus

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54
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What are symptoms of apple stem grooving virus?

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This virus is usually symptomless

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55
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Where in the world can apple stem grooving virus be found?

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worldwide

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56
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How does apple stem grooving virus spread?

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Natural spread is Unknown

Mechanical inoculation is possible

57
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What causes apple proliferation?

A

phytoplasma

58
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How does apple proliferation spread?

A

Grafting

Leafhoppers

59
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Is apple proliferation in the US?

60
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Where in the world is apple proliferation?

61
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How could apple proliferation enter the US?

A

budwood or tree smuggling into the US

62
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Where in the plant is apple proliferation phytoplasma found?

A

only in the phloem

63
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How is apple proliferation tranmitted?

A

Infected material

Grafting

64
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Is apple proliferation quarantined?

A

Yes,

USA and Canada

65
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What is a symptom of apple proliferation?

A

Witches broom

66
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What percentage losses does apple proliferation cause?

67
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What symptoms does apple proliferation cause economically?

A

reduced fruit size, weight, and quality

68
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Is apple proliferation spread through seeds?

69
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What is a common symptom on the graft of apple proliferation?

A

black lines along the grafting point

70
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What pathogen causes fire blight?

71
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Where on the plant does fire blight occur?

A

blossoms
shoots
limbs

72
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What is Erwinia amylovora?

A

bacteria causing fire blight

73
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Where did fire blight first occur?

A

North America

74
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Where does fire blight overwinter?

A

in infected host plants only

75
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What was the first bacterium shown to be a pathogen to plants?

A

Fire blight

76
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What is Erwinia amylovora?

A

bacteria that causes fire blight

77
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When was fire blight discovered?

78
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Were Japan’s quarantine on US apples due to fire blight justified?

79
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Where does fire blight overwinter?

A

in cankers

80
Q

What comes out of fire blight cankers?

A

bacterial ooze

81
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When does bacterial ooze occur from fire blight?

A

several weeks prior to bloom

82
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How is fire blight spread?

A

insects (mainly flies) during bloom
wind
rain
rootstocks

83
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What are the symptoms of fire blight?

A

cankers
bacterial ooze
blossom blight

84
Q

What is the main symptom of fire blight?

A

Shepherd’s crook

85
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What control measures are used to control fire blight?

A 
avoid susceptible cultivars
good fertilization
remove inoculum
control insects
well timed sprays
growth regulators
86
Q

What type of organism causes apple scab?

87
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What direct losses are caused by apple scab?

A

fruit infections

88
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What indirect losses are caused by apple scab?

A

tree defoliation

89
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What is Venturia inaequalis?

A

The causal agent of apple scab

90
Q

What is Spilocea pomi?

A

the causal agent of apple scab

91
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Where do apple scab symptoms occur?

A

on the above ground parts of the apple tree

92
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Where are apple scab legions first seen?

A

underside of expanding leaves

93
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Where is the growth of apple scab limited to on living leaves?

A

between the cuticle and epidermis

94
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What symptoms of apple scab occur on the fruit?

A

legions are brown and corky
uneven development of fruit (deformation)
cracks in the flesh of infected fruit
lesions on fruit

95
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What is pinpoint scab?

A

apple scab that occurs on fruit in late summer infections

96
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How does apple scab overwinter?

A

as pseudothecia (similar to sclerotia)

97
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How many cycles of ascospore occur during one season with apple scab?

98
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How can apple scab be controlled?

A

genetics
chemicals - preventative
cultural - sanitization, urea, tilling, pruning, no overhead irrigation

99
Q

How many plants does cedar apple rust require to complete a life cycle?

A

two - cedar and apple

100
Q

What is Gymnosporangium juniperi?

A

the causal agent of cedar apple rust

101
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What two plants does cedar apple rust alternate between?

A

eastern red cedar and apple

102
Q

Which one apple cultivar is nearly immune to cedar apple rust?

103
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What is the most profound symptom of cedar apple rust?

A

bright orange glistening lesions on leaves

104
Q

what cedar apple rust spore producing structures occur on the lower leaf surface?

105
Q

Where does cedar apple rust overwinter?

A

in galls on the cedar tree

106
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What does wetting of the galls of cedar apple rust result in during the spring season?

A

spore horns

107
Q

How long does it take for cedar apple rust legions to occur after infection?

A

10-14 days

108
Q

How many seasons can one cedar apple rust gall produce spores?

A

only one season

109
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Where do all of cedar apple rust lesions on the apple tree result from?

A

spores produced on a cedar tree

110
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Does cedar apple rust produce secondary infections on apple trees?

111
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How can we control cedar apple rust?

A

fungicide applications
remove cedars within a 2 mile radius interupts the life cycle
remove all cedars within 4-5 miles provides complete control

112
Q

what pathogen causes southern blight?

A

Sclerotium rolfsii

113
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what is sclerotium rolfsii?

A

the causal agent of southern blight (a fungi)

114
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What age apple tree is most susceptible to southern blight?

A

1-3 year old trees

115
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Where on an apple tree does southern blight symptoms occur?

A

lower stems and roots

116
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What measures can be used to control southern blight?

A

avoid sites with previous disease

remove organic matter around base of the tree

117
Q

What other crops does southern blight infect besides apple?

A

peanut
clover
tomato
soybean

118
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What is currently the most resistant rootstock to southern blight?

119
Q

What three forms does black rot occur in?

A

fruit rot
frogeye leaf spot
limb canker

120
Q

What is Botryospaeria obtusa?

A

the causal agent of black rot

121
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What is Physalospora obtusa?

A

the causal agent of black rot

122
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What does black rot do to apple fruit?

A

causes apple mummies

123
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What signs of black rot often occurs on apple fruit?

A

Black pycnidia

124
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Where does black rot overwinter?

A

cankers
dead bark
mummified fruit

125
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What are control measures for apple black rot?

A

remove dead wood, mummies, and cankers

fungicides

126
Q

Where in the USA is apple bitter rot more important?

A

Southern states

127
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What weather does apple bitter rot prefer?

A

warm wet weather

128
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What are the primary hosts of apple bitter rot?

A

Apple

Pear

129
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What is the causal agent of apple bitter rot?

A

Colletotrichum

130
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When does apple bitter rot symptoms occur?

A

when fruit begins to mature

131
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What type of pathogen causes apple bitter rot?

132
Q

What type of pathogen causes apple black rot?

133
Q

What fungal diseases occur on apples?

A 
Apple Scab
Cedar Apple Rust
Southern Blight
Black Rot
Bitter Rot
134
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What color spores occur with apple bitter rot?

135
Q

What shape is the rotten flesh of apple bitter rot?

136
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Where does apple bitter rot overwinter?

A

mummified fruit, in bark, in cankers

137
Q

What rot organisms can penetrate unbroken skin?

A

bitter rot

138
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How many hours does apple bitter rot need to infect the plant?

139
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How can apple bitter rot be controlled?

A

Fungicides

remove mumified fruit dead wood, twigs from trees

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