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- Infects a range of fruit trees and berries
- Produces similar symptoms to Brown rot in stone fruit
- Fruit develop rapidly spreading, firm, brown spots that progress to/into rotting
- Rotting areas covered or surrounded by creamy-white pustules, often in concentric circles
- Infected fruit can become mummified on the tree
- Blighted twigs with cankers can also develop
- Spread by wind, rain and with infected plant material
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High priority pest of: Apples and pears, Berries, Blueberries, Cherries, Strawberries, Summerfruit
Scientific name: Monilinia fructigena
EPPRD Category: 3
Life Form: Fungus
Pest Documents
FS: fact sheet
CP: contingency plan
DP: diagnostic protocol
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