It might be easy to grow and care for an apple tree, but keeping it safe? Well, that is where the problems begin. There is no shortage of pests and diseases that affect it, and any one of them could ...

Apple scab, caused by the fungal pathogen Venturia inaequalis, remains one of the most significant challenges to apple production globally. Intensive research has elucidated the complex interplay ...

There have been reports that 2024 has been a bad year for apple scab in both fresh-eating apples and crab apples. Apple scab infections on fruit start off olive-green and turn into a rough, cork-like ...

Many of the control methods for apple and pear scab are also very similar. Mowing or removing the leaves and applying targeted fungicides before a period of rain can be effective. However, while you ...

Apple scab has been a serious disease problem on crab apple and apple trees the past few seasons, and the current cool, wet spring weather is ideal for this disease to develop. While it is difficult ...

ST PAUL, Minn. — In your own yard or driving around looking at someone else's trees, you might have noticed that crabapples look terrible this year. Absolutely terrible. The culprit is a fungal ...

BELLEVILLE, Ill. -- Schuyler Korban knows the apple has come a long way since Adam and Eve. People have cultivated such a love for apples that only the tastiest, crunchiest and most blemish-free make ...