Last year my Bradford pear’s leaves were covered with rust fungus. What can I do this year to prevent that from happening again? CS You are correct. It seems like rust disease was everywhere ...

Pear leaves are infected with cedar-hawthorn rust rather than cedar-apple rust. Though cedar-hawthorn rust is different than cedar-apple rust, both diseases work the same and the control is ...

This year I have gently removed close to six small fruit ... Most rust diseases are interesting in that they require two hosts to complete the life cycle. With Pacific Coast Pear Rust the ...

You have to have a juniper tree to start with the infected rust fungus, and then the wind has to carry it to a tree like the pear tree. It then grows on the fruit. A good rain then pulls the ...

Pears can also be infected, and the fruit falls off prematurely. The fungus attacks the pears/junipers and then sends the rust spores back to the service berries. Here is more information.

These diseases have life cycles that require two different host plants to survive. Cedar apple ... quince rust affects many plants in the rose family, including apples, crabapples, pears ...

A backyard orchard in northern Indiana typically consists of varieties of apple and/or pear trees ... insects but also diseases. Diseases affecting apple trees may include fire blight, apple scab, ...

This rot is caused by a fungus that attacks the tree's bark, with apple and pear trees being the most common hosts. If not addressed promptly, canker can kill a tree within a single season and ...

nor can the apple scab fungus cause pear scab. The disease overwinters in fallen leaves and infected twigs. Spores are released during rainy weather, and infection of leaves and fruit occurs when ...