Q: Every year the fruit on my peach tree turns brown and rots. What do I need to do to produce harvestable peaches? Answer: Your description sounds like brown rot, a disease caused by the fungus ...
There’s something quietly satisfying about reaching up and pulling ripe fruit straight from a tree in your own backyard. One in every four food items on American tables comes from California’s Central ...
Brown rot disease, predominantly caused by Monilinia species, poses a major threat to global stone fruit production, affecting peaches, nectarines, cherries and plums both pre- and post-harvest.