Pacific Ag & Vineyard Inc. | Almond Diseases

Almond trees are at risk to several fungal diseases in the orchard. Hull rot, shot hole, brown rot, almond scab, Alternaria leaf spot, leaf rust, and anthracnose are just some of the diseases caused by fungi.

As with all diseases in almonds,

Soilborne Pests and Replant Disorder

Replant disorder is the result of a complex of soilborne microbes and plant parasitic nematodes that build up in the soil during the life of the previous almond orchard, and suppresses the growth of trees replanted into the same environment. For this r

Bacterial Almond Disease Prevention

For most fungal and bacterial diseases in almonds, disease prevention begins by selecting disease-resistant varieties and rootstocks before planting, and planting in areas without previous almond disease problems.

Additional recommendations i

Almond Diseases Rob Yields and Tree Health

While there are numerous effective materials for controlling diseases in your almond orchard, disease resistance is a continuing threat to their efficacy. Resistance management is now a necessary component of all IPM programs in almonds.

The

Bacterial Diseases of Almond Rootstocks

Commercial almond varieties are exclussively grafted on different rootstocks for a number of reasons. From the phytopathological point of view the most important of these reasons are the resistance of the rootstocks to various diseases, pests and nemat

Almond Pest Management Guidelines

University of California's official guidelines for pest monitoring techniques, pesticides, and nonpesticide alternatives for managing pests in agriculture, floriculture, and commercial turf.

Almond Anthracnose: An Ugly Spring Disease

Anthracnose (Colletotrichum gloeosporioides) is a damaging fungal disease that attacks the blossoms, leaves, fruit, and limbs of an almond tree. Infected leaves tend to develop water-soaked lesions that eventually fade in color (Figure 1). Defoliation

Almond Disease Control

The almond bloom in Kern County usually begins around February 12. This year, however, the onset of bloom was around February 22 making it 10 days later than normal. This may not mean that we are free of frost danger or disease problems. In fact, if we

List of Almond Diseases

This article is a list of diseases of almonds

* 1 Bacterial diseases
* 2 Fungal diseases
* 3 Nematodes, parasitic
* 4 Viral diseases
* 5 Phytoplasmal diseases
* 6 Miscellaneous disea

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Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_almond_diseases

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