Disease on crop
fungalCane Blight on blackberry
Leptosphaeria coniothyrium
Fungal disease that enters through wounds (often from cane-borer or pruning cuts) and causes dark cankers that wilt and kill canes.
- Disease
- Cane Blight
- Pathogen type
- Fungal
- Crop
- Blackberry
- Scientific name
- Leptosphaeria coniothyrium
Cane Blight on blackberry
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Symptoms on blackberry
- ▸ Dark brown cankers below pruning cuts or wounds
- ▸ Wilting and dying of fruiting laterals
- ▸ Small black fruiting bodies in dead bark
IPM controls
- ✓ Prune only in dry weather
- ✓ Disinfect pruning tools between plants
- ✓ Remove and destroy infected canes
- ✓ Manage cane-borers to reduce wound entry sites
- ✓ Plant rust- and borer-resistant varieties
Other crops affected by cane blight
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