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APPLE SCAB Apple scab exists worldwide but is more severe in areas with cool, moist springs and summers. Similar scab diseases affect pears (Venturia pyrina) and hawthorns (V. inaequalis sp.f. pyracanthae). Scab is the most important disease of apples. Its primary effect is reduction of the quality of infected fruit. Scab also reduces fruit size or results in premature fruit drop, defoliation, and poor fruit bud development for the next year;and it reduces the length of time infected fruit can be kept in storage. Losses from apple scab may be 70% or more of the total fruit value. In most appl