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Gloeosportium and Colletotrichum - distribution

G. album is widespread in the UK, France, Germany, Eire and other parts of Europe and also Australia, New Zealand, Canada G. perennans widespread in UK, Eire and other parts of Europe, Australia, New Zealand, USA and Canada Colletotrichum spp. ( …

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Gloeosporium and Colletotrichum - cultural control

Remove possible source of inoculum, such as cankers, die-back, pruning snags, mummified fruits during winter pruning. Remove from the orchard and burn or macerate up in the alleyway to encourage rotting. Summer prune at the correct time to avoid die-back …

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Gloeosporium and Colletotrichum - physical control

Research has shown that dipping the fruit in water heated to 48-50ºC for three minutes is sufficient to control Gloeosporium and Colletotrichum rot. However, such treatment is unlikely to be suitable for Cox since the margin between the temperature for …

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Gloeosporium and Colletotrichum - biological control

Biological control of Gloeosporium and Colletotrichum rots on tropical fruit has been well researched. In Germany trials have shown that a commercial product Boni-Protect, based on the yeast Aureobasidium pullulans , gave comaparable control of …

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Gloeosporium and Colletotrichum - chemical control

Pre-harvest sprays Orchards with a history of Gloeosporium or Colletotrichum rot should be sprayed pre-harvest with sprays of captan or Switch (cyprodinil + fludioxonil) or Bellis (pyraclostrobin + boscalid) in July and August. Captan or Switch …

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Mouldy Core

Mouldy core (Various fungi including Alternaria, Cladosporium, Epicoccum, Fusarium, Stemphylium) Mouldy core is an internal dry rot of certain apple cultivars, especially Cameo and Bramley’s Seedling. The main problem with mouldy core is that it develops …

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