Disease on crop
fungalMummy Berry on rabbiteye blueberry
Monilinia vaccinii-corymbosi
The most damaging blueberry disease in the eastern US, killing shoots in spring and mummifying fruit later in the season.
- Disease
- Mummy Berry
- Pathogen type
- Fungal
- Crop
- Rabbiteye Blueberry
- Scientific name
- Monilinia vaccinii-corymbosi
Mummy Berry on rabbiteye blueberry
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Symptoms on rabbiteye blueberry
- ▸ Wilting and blackening of new shoots in spring (primary infection)
- ▸ Pink-tan mummified fruit at harvest (secondary infection)
- ▸ Mummies on the ground beneath bushes
IPM controls
- ✓ Remove and bury or burn fallen mummies in late fall
- ✓ Cultivate or mulch deeply to bury mummies before spore release
- ✓ Fungicide program from bud break through bloom
- ✓ Plant resistant varieties where available
Resistant varieties
Bluetta Northland Elliott
Other crops affected by mummy berry
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