Vaccinium vitis
Vaccinium vitis
Ericaceae · broadleaf deciduous shrub · introduced
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RustHigh
Aecial Stage (Alternate Host)
Twig BlightHigh
Spring Spore Release
Root Colonization Period
Armillaria Root RotModerate
Active Below-ground Growth
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Diseases: Regionally Documented (41)
Alternaria spp Alternaria Fruit Rot Armillaria spp. — primarily A Armillaria Root Rot Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae Bacterial Canker Botrytis Blight Chemical Injury Rhizobium radiobacter (formerly Agrobacterium tumefaciens) Crown Gall Godronia cassandrae Fusicoccum Canker (Godronia Canker) Incorrect soil pH Monilinia vaccinii-corymbosi Mummy Berry Xiphinema americanum and related species Nematode, Dagger Pratylenchus penetrans (primary) and P Nematode, Root-lesion Paratrichodorus renifer Nematode, Stubby-root Colletotrichum spp. Ripe Rot (Anthracnose) Symptom category — not a single disease Root Rot Multiple genera (Melampsoridium, Thekopsora, Naohidemyces... Rust Blueberry scorch virus (BlScV) Scorch Blueberry shock virus (BlShV) Shock Chondrostereum purpureum Silver Leaf Botryosphaeria corticis Stem Canker Multiple fungal species cause twig blight on different ho... Twig Blight Sporocadus lichenicola Twig Canker Verticillium dahliae Verticillium Wilt Blueberry mosaic virus and related viruses Virus Diseases Gymnosporangium spp. [VERIFY: hosts inconsistent with G Witches' Broom Rust Botryosphaeria spp. Botryosphaeria Fruit Rot and Berry Speckle Abiotic (symptom) Cottonball Phyllosticta cotoneastri (primary); Entomosporium maculat... Early Leaf Spot Cranberry false blossom virus False Blossom Phytophthora cactorum Fruit Rot Various plant-parasitic nematode genera Nematodes Phytophthora Root and Runner Rot Pyrenobotrys compacta Pyrenobotrys Leaf Spot Phyllosticta cotoneastri Red Leaf Spot Phytophthora spp. or environmental Red Shoot Rose Bloom Diaporthe vaccinii (asexual: Phomopsis vaccinii) Upright Dieback Raspberry bushy dwarf virus and related viruses Virus Abiotic or fungal Leaf Gall Symptom category — not a single disease Leaf Spot Ramorum Blight (Sudden Oak Death) [AUDIT NOTE] This is a malformed bulk-import artifact, no... Diseases
Cultivars (1)
'Idaea'
Common name: Cowberry Lingonberry
Hardy to USDA Zone 5
Data Maturity Baseline Extension data. Expert review underway.