Vegetable and Fruit Crops Pathology

I. Orange Rust of Brambles

Orange rust, the most common and serious of the several rust diseases attacking brambles, is caused by the fungus Gymnoconia peckiana. All varieties of black and purple raspberries and most varieties of erect blackberries and trailing blackberries are susceptible to orange rust. Orange rust does not infect red raspberries. Orange rust rarely kills plants but causes them to be stunted and weakened so that they produce little or no fruit. For more information, click here.

II. Illinois Summer Hort. Day

Illinois Summer Horticulture Day will be held at Eckert's orchard near Belleville, Illinois, on June 17, 2004. For more information about the Illinois Summer Horticulture Day, click here. For information on the Eckert's Orchards, Check the following website for information on Eckert's Country Stores and Farms.

May 21th, 2004
	I. Orange Rust of Brambles Orange rust, the most common and serious of the several rust diseases attacking brambles, is caused by the fungus Gymnoconia peckiana. All varieties of black and purple raspberries and most varieties of erect blackberries and trailing blackberries are susceptible to orange rust. Orange rust does not infect red raspberries. Orange rust rarely kills plants but causes them to be stunted and weakened so that they produce little or no fruit. For more information, click here. II. Illinois Summer Hort. Day Illinois Summer Horticulture Day will be held at Eckert's orchard near Belleville, Illinois, on June 17, 2004. For more information about the Illinois Summer Horticulture Day, click here. For information on the Eckert's Orchards, Check the following website for information on Eckert's Country Stores and Farms.