West Central Tribune: Master Gardener Sue Morris: Rains made apple scab infections worse in Minnesota 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 ... Master Gardener Sue Morris: Rains made apple scab infections worse in Minnesota Apple scab, caused by the fungal pathogen Venturia inaequalis, remains one of the most significant challenges to apple production globally.

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Intensive research has elucidated the complex interplay ... Apple scab is one of the most common apple and crabapple diseases that gardeners have to deal with. Apple scab is caused by the fungus Venturia inaequalis. It will attack any varieties of crabapple ...

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Duluth News Tribune: Ask a Master Gardener: Scab hits Northland crab apple trees inforum: Fielding Questions: What to do when an apple scab epidemic hits Q. I know that flowering crabs are subject to injury from fire blight. My crab is resistant to apple scab disease, but it is looking pretty sick now having lost maybe 1/3rd of its leaves, so I am ...