1. IN FALL 2022 YOU CAN REDUCE INOCULUM FROM APPLE SCAB & MARSSONINA BLOTCH; 2. PLAN DORMANT ZIRAM, COPPER, CHLOROTHALONIL IN PEACH
1. Apple Scab and Marssonina Leaf Blotch were visible in the Shenandoah Valley apple orchards this year. As the fungi that cause these diseases overwinter in the dead leaf litter on the orchard floor, you can reduce apple scab ascospore inoculum dose by 50-70% and …