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Phomopsis blight of juniper is a foliar disease discovered in 1917 [1] caused by the fungal pathogen Phomopsis juniperovora.The fungus infects new growth of juniper trees or shrubs, i.e. the seedlings or young shoots of mature trees.
Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae is a plant pathogen that causes cedar-apple rust. [1] In virtually any location where apples or crabapples and eastern red cedar (Juniperus virginiana) coexist, cedar apple rust can be a destructive or disfiguring disease on both the apples and cedars.
Trimming is best done during dry periods to avoid spreading foliar diseases. Prune junipers during the growing season, not during the coldest part of winter, preferably in early spring, before new ...
Gymnosporangium globosum is a heteroecious rust fungus that requires two hosts to complete its life cycle. Its telial stage occurs on eastern red cedar, Rocky Mountain juniper, southern red cedar, and other common junipers while its aecial stage will be found on apple, crabapple, hawthorne, and occasionally on pear, quince, and serviceberry.
Gymnosporangium sabinae is a species of rust fungus in the subdivision Pucciniomycotina.Known as pear rust, European pear rust, or pear trellis rust, it is a heteroecious plant pathogen with Juniperus sabina (savin juniper) as the main primary host and Pyrus communis (common pear) as the main secondary host.
Some junipers are susceptible to Gymnosporangium rust disease and can be a serious problem for those people growing apple trees, an alternate host of the disease. Juniper is the exclusive food plant of the larvae of some moths and butterflies, including Bucculatrix inusitata, juniper carpet, Chionodes electella, Chionodes viduella, juniper pug ...
Verticillium wilt is a wilt disease affecting over 350 species of eudicot plants.It is caused by six species of Verticillium fungi: V. dahliae, V. albo-atrum, V. longisporum, V. nubilum, V. theobromae and V. tricorpus. [1]
This year has been marked by a series of concerning developments in the virus’ spread. Since April, at least 65 people have tested positive for the virus — the first U.S. cases other than a ...