Pitting
Multiple fungal agents
36 host plants
Last updated
Data Coverage 3 of 6 dimensions
Pitting on fruit appears as small depressions or pits on the fruit surface, affecting marketability and quality. This condition can result from various causes including disease, environmental stress, or insect damage. Remove severely affected fruit. Monitor for causative factors and manage accordingly. Proper care and sanitation help minimize pitting. Monitor your plants closely and implement integrated management strategies. Prompt removal of infected material helps limit disease spread.
Control fungal diseases that may be prevalent in your area. Harvest when fruit is at the red mahogany stage.
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Causal Agent
Multiple fungal agents
Host Plants
36
Management
Cultural Controls
- Control fungal diseases that may be prevalent in your area.
- Harvest when fruit is at the red mahogany stage.
- Prune Lapins and Sweetheart cultivars hard to reduce the potential for oversetting the crop.
- Avoid dropping fruit, especially once it is chilled.
- Six, weekly preharvest applications of chelated calcium at 0.05% calcium or Cal-8 at 0.2 calcium increased fruit calcium and decreased pitting.
- High rates can cause marginal leaf burn.
Host Plants (36)
Prunus americana Wild Plum American (Red) Plum August Plum, Goose Plum Prunus armeniaca Apricot Prunus avium Sweet Cherry Prunus besseyi Sand Cherry, Western Sand Cherry Prunus blireiana Blireiana Plum Prunus caroliniana Carolina Cherrylaurel American Cherrylaurel Prunus cascade Prunus cascade Prunus cerasifera Cherry, Plum Prunus cistena Purpleleaf Sandcherry Redleaf Sandcherry Cistena Sandcherry Cistena Plum Prunus dream Prunus dream Prunus emarginata Bitter Cherry, Wild Cherry, Quinine Cherry Prunus first Prunus first Prunus fruticosa Steppe Cherry, European Dwarf Ground Cherry, Mongolian Cherry Prunus glandulosa Dwarf Flowering Almond Prunus ilicifolia Hollyleaf Cherry, Holly-leaved Cherry Prunus laurocerasus Cherry, Laurel Prunus lusitanica Portugal Laurel Prunus maackii Amur Chokecherry Amur Cherry, Manchurian Cherry Prunus mume Japanese Apricotc Japanese Flowering Apricot Japanese Flowering Plum Prunus newport Newport Flowering Plum Prunus okame Okame Flowering Cherry Prunus padus European Birdcherry Common Birdcherry Prunus prostrata Rock Cherry, Mountain Cherry Prunus sargentii Sargent Cherry, Sargent's Cherry Prunus serotina Black Cherry, Rum Cherry Prunus serrula Birchbark Cherry, Paperbark Cherry, Tibetan Cherry Prunus serrulata Japanese Flowering Cherry Prunus snow Prunus snow Prunus subcordata Klamath Plum, Sierra Plum, Pacific Plum Prunus subhirtella Higan Cherry Prunus subhirtella var. autumnalis Autumn Flowering Higan Cherry Prunus tai Prunus tai Prunus virginiana Prunus virginiana Prunus virginiana var. demissa Western Chokecherry Prunus virginiana var. virginiana Common Chokecherry, Eastern Chokecherry Prunus yedoensis Yoshino Cherry, Somei-yoshino Cherry, Tokyo Cherry