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University of Massachusetts - Amherst ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst Cranberry Station Outreach and Public Service Cranberry Station Extension meetings Activities 1-1-2005 Research Update Meeting 2005 - Upright Dieback 2005 Frank Caruso UMass Cranberry S tation, fcaruso@ Follow this and a itional works at : /cranberry_extension Caruso, Frank, Research Up ate Meeting 2005 - Upright Dieback 2005 (2005). Cranberry S tation Extension meetings. Paper 10. /cranberry_extension/10 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Cranberry Station Outreach and Public Service Activities at ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst. It has been accepted for inclusion in Cranberry Station Extension meetings by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst. For more information, please contact scholarworks@. Upright dieback Upright dieback Nora Catlin Graduate Student UMass Cranberry Station Quick Review – Upright Dieback Symptoms • Tip dieback • “Salt and pepper” pattern • Estimated 20-25% affected in severe cases Upright Dieback: Not just dead uprights “Upright dieback” does not include – Abiotic factors • drought, winter, and chemical injury – Other diseases • fairy ring, Phytophthora root rot – Rodent damage Causal agent(s) ? Frequently isolated from diseased uprights: • Aureobasidium pullulans • Colletotrichum acutatum * • Colletotrichum gloeosporiodes * • Fusicoccum putrefaciens * • Gloeosporium sp. • Pestalotia sp. • Phomopsis vaccinii * • Synchronoblastia crypta * Cause field/storage rot Causal agent(s) ? • Previously only Synchronoblastia crypta proven t