First Apple Bitter Rot Symptoms in 2024 Visible in Winchester, VA (14 June 2024)
Apple bitter rot is caused by six Colletotrichum species of fungi in Virginia: C. fructicola , C. chrysophilum, C. siamense, C. theobromicola, C. fioriniae and C. nymphaeae. First symptoms of bitter rot disease on fruit of apple cultivar ‘Gala’ have been found on 14 June …