Peach (Prunus persica)-Bacterial Canker

Note the dark gumming on the tree trunk and discolored dead cambium where the outer bark has been cut away.

Photo by Iain MacSwann, 1975.

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Note: As in cherry, ring nematodes can increase the susceptibility of peach trees. The cultivar Rochester is very susceptible to canker.

Reference Cao, T., McKenry, M.V., Duncan, R.A., DeJong, T.M., Kirkpatrick, B.C., and Shackel, K.A. 2006. Influence of ring nematode infestation and calcium, nitrogen, and indoleacetic acid applications on peach susceptibility to Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae. Phytopathology 96:608-615.