Description

The most common diseases that may affect your fruit trees include gummosis, leaf curl, shot hole, and a range of other fungal, bacterial and viral conditions. They can make your tree look terrible, and cause a lot of stress and worry, but how serious are they really?

The truth is that some diseases can kill your tree, and others can cause poor performance or stunt the growth of the tree, and those diseases need proper diagnosis, close attention and prevention. But many other diseases may be tolerable and need little or no action.

After completing this short course you’ll be able to recognise common diseases of fruit trees and the symptoms they cause. You’ll understand when to take action and you’ll know what to do; you’ll also be relieved to know when you can just relax and let nature take its course.

What’s included in this course:

Module 1: Keep trees free from disease

• Unit 1: Spotlight on gummosis (article)
• Unit 2a: Spotlight on leaf curl (article)
• Unit 2b: Monitor for budswell to prevent leaf curl (activity)
• Unit 2c: Monitor for budswell to prevent leaf curl (video)
• Unit 3: Spotlight on shothole (article)
• Unit 4: Spotlight on leaf virus diseases (article)
• Unit 5: Spotlight on silver leaf (article)
• Unit 6: Spotlight on phytophthora root & collar rots (article)

Module 2: Prevent fungal diseases of fruit trees

• Unit 1a: Blossom blight (article)
• Unit 1b: Manage blossom blight and brown rot (video)
• Unit 1c: Develop a management plan for blossom blight (activity)
• Unit 1d: Help your trees recover from blossom blight (video)
• Unit 1e: Why doesn’t my apricot tree have any fruit? (video)
• Unit 2: Freckle (article)
• Unit 3a: Brown rot (article)
• Unit 3b: Write a brown rot management plan (activity)
• Unit 4a: Understand black spot (apple scab) (article)
• Unit 4b: Exploring black spot (activity)

Module 3: Manage bacterial diseases of fruit trees

• Unit 1: Spotlight on bacterial canker (article)
• Unit 2a: Spotlight on bacterial spot (article)
• Unit 2b: Managing bacterial spot (article)
• Unit 3: Fireblight (article)