Lilac Ring Mottle
Lilac ring
12 host plants
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Lilac leaves show ring spots, mottle, and deformation, with variable symptoms by season. This viral disease is mechanically transmissible on tools and in the nursery. Remove infected plants, sanitize pruning tools between plants, and practice sanitation when taking cuttings. Symptom expression can be erratic.
Infected plants should be removed and destroyed. Sanitize pruning and other tools between plants or blocks of plants.
Quick Reference
Causal Agent
Lilac ring
Host Plants
12
Management
Cultural Controls
- Infected plants should be removed and destroyed.
- Sanitize pruning and other tools between plants or blocks of plants.
- Use two tools so a worker can trim or cut with one while the other soaks.
- When done with a batch, cultivar, etc. switch one tool for the other and allow the used one to soak.
- Sanitation should also be practiced when taking cuttings for propagation.
- Reference Sharma-Poudyal, D., Osterbauer, N.K., Putnam, M.L. and Scott, S.W. 2016.
Host Plants (12)
Daphne genkwa Lilac Daphne Syringa chinensis Chinese Lilac Rouen Lilac Syringa hyacinthiflora Early Flowering Lilac, Early Hybrid Lilac Syringa josikaea Hungarian Lilac Syringa laciniata Cutleaf Lilac Syringa meyeri Syringa meyeri Syringa microphylla Syringa microphylla Syringa patula Syringa patula Syringa pekinensis Peking Lilac Chinese Tree, Lilac Syringa prestoniae Preston Lilac, Canadian Lilac Syringa reticulata Japanese Tree Lilac, Giant Tree Lilac Syringa vulgaris Common Lilac