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Common Name |
Coral Spot |
Coral Spot 
D2 Nectria cinnabaria
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Scientific Name
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Nectria cinniabarina
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Physical Description
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Mass of pinhead orange pustules or mass of pink pinhead pustules.
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Life Cycle
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Occurs as a saprophyte on dead branches but as a parasite in fruit trees and others.
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Method Of Attack
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Invades through pruning cuts in spring
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Damage Caused
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Branch wilt
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Plants Affected
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Acers, Pyracantha, fruit trees
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Life Cycle
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Difficult. Hygiene with tools, remove dead litter and branches. Uproot the diseased. |
Information Collated by James M. Burton as part of H.N.D. Course at Pencoed Agricultural College.
Chemical Information Correct as of 06:06:97. Always read and follow the instructions when using fungicides.