Other Plant Disease -- United States
This [2017] season has been tricky for eastern apple growers. Growers contacted Dan Cooley, University of Massachusetts, with new trees dying back. The trees were either completely dead with brown leaves, some were wilting, some had yellow leaves. In a very wet part, the incidents were concentrated. The trees were dug up to be examined further. "It looks like _Phytophthora_ crown and root rot," [Cooley] said. Soils saturated for more than 24 hours are breeding grounds for
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