Brown Rot Monilinia fructicola

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Brown rot is one of the most important diseases of plums in the mid-Atlantic region. Field losses of European and Japanese plums can be extensive if conditions favorable for disease development occur during the blossom period, following shuck fall, or during the preharvest and harvest period.

West Virginia University's Kearneysville Tree Fruit Research and Education Center