Common Diseases of Crabapple

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By Dr. Sharon M. Douglas
Department of Plant Pathology and Ecology
The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
123 Huntington Street
P. O. Box 1106
New Haven, CT 06504-1106

Telephone: (203) 974-8601 Fax: (203) 974-8502
Email: Sharon.Douglas@po.state.ct.us

There are a number of diseases that commonly occur on crabapples in home plantings. Scab, cedar-apple rust, and cedar-hawthorn rust are diseases that are usually encountered every year, whereas fire blight is an occasional problem. Many factors contribute to both the occurrence and severity of these diseases. Some of these include severity of the infection the previous year, weather at the time of budbreak, cultural practices, and type of crabapple variety planted.

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