Fruit Pathology     University of Wisconsin - Madison      
 

Monilinia oxycocci and Phomopsis vaccinii

Monilinia oxycocci
Phomopsis vaccinii

Monilinia oxycocci, PDA, 8-day old culture

Monilinia oxycocci, PDA, 2-week old culture, upper surfaces, photoflood lamp

Monilinia oxycocci, 1/4 PDA, 18-day old water culture, photoflood lamp

Monilinia oxycocci, PDA, 25-day old cultures, lower surfaces showing sclerotia, photoflood lamp

Monilinia oxycocci causes cottonball fruit rot of cranberry and a tip blight of young shoots.

Phomopsis vaccinii (teleomorph Diaporthe vaccinii) causes upright dieback of cranberry shoots, and viscid rot of fruit.

Phomopsis vaccinii, PDA, greenhouse light, young culture

Dr. Patricia McManus
University of Wisconsin-Madison