Combat Bacterial Spot in Almonds with CS 2005!
Almonds trees can be host to an assortment of
diseases including bacterial, fungal, viral, parasitic or phytoplasmal.
These diseases and how to control them were the topic of Dr. Jim Adaskaveg’s presentation during 2018 North Valley Nut Conference hosted by West Coast Nut in conjunction with the UCCE Butte/Glenn Counties Almond and Walnut Day at Silver Dollar Fairgrounds in Chico.
Adaskaveg, professor and plant pathologist with the Department of Plant Pathology, UC Riverside, who specializes in foliar disease of almonds and other tree crops, shared the springtime diseases of almond that can be problematic in a wet spring season are blossom blight, jacket rot, anthracnose, shot hole and bacterial spot. Late spring-summertime diseases include scab, alternaria, leaf spot, anthracnose, rust and hull rot. Magna-Bon CS 2005 was included in a series of disease control trials showcases several favorable results that stood out including Bacterial Spot in Almonds and Walnut Blight.
