How to deal with stone bone moniliosis

Quite often, gardeners are faced with a disease of the fruit and stone fruits, like moniliosis. When trees are damaged, the chances of good yield drop sharply, and sometimes the plant cannot even be saved. Let us consider in more detail what moniliasis is, whether its treatment is possible.

What is dangerous

The disease is manifested by infection of flowers, ovaries, branches and fruits. During the flowering period, the disease affects flowering shoots. Flowers and leaves wither and dry. For a long time they remain on the trees, but they look like burnt.

This form of the disease is called monilial burn. There is another, pronounced fruit rot, which develops throughout the entire period of fruiting. Affected fruits begin to be covered with small gray dots.Unfortunately, this rot affects all kinds of stone fruit.

Causes of

The cause of the disease is microscopic mushroom Monilia cinerea. The winter period he spends in the affected branches and shoots of the same age, as well as in the fruits that have fallen to the ground.

Often the disease begins to develop with cool and wet weather, fog and dew during flowering.

In summer, the fungus continues to infect shoots and branches of trees, gradually reaching the fruit. At first you can see a small brown spot on them. The increase in its size occurs rather quickly, and after a while the whole fetus is affected.

The disease can occur due to damage to the fruit by insects such as goose, weevil, moth. In turn, an infection can get to the site of injury, which will contribute to the development of moniliosis.

Risk group

Monilioz stone fruit is able to destroy a large number of fruit trees. The following are at risk:

• Apple tree;
• plum;
• cherry;
• apricot;
• pear;
• peach.

These trees suffer the most from the disease, so it is very important to monitor them and detect the disease in a timely manner.

How to prevent illness

The best fight against moniliosis of apricot and other fruits - this is preventive measures. For this you can use a variety of drugs. The most common use of "Chorus", "Mikosan-B" and other means, which include copper. Trees need to be processed several times:

1. The first processing is carried out immediately after the end of the flowering period.
2. Then you need to process the trees in June and July.
3. After the crop is harvested, it is also recommended to perform the procedure 1-2 times.

For greater protection of trees, it is recommended to treat them at the end of autumn. This will protect the plants and help protect them from the disease in early spring.

The following tips are also helpful:

• Planting fruit trees is better in elevated areas where good air circulation is ensured.
• Mechanical injuries of the plant can lead to infection, so if wounds appear, you should immediately start treating them.
• Pruning crown should be strictly on schedule. Removing dry branches, it is worth capturing a small portion of healthy ones.
• Dry branches and fruits must be burned.
• The ground around the trunk must be carefully dug in along with fallen leaves.

• Keep track of the composition of the soil - it should be enough calcium and other nutrients.

By following the recommendations, you will be able to maintain yield and save the plant from death.

How to fight

If monilioz has already managed to hit the cherries or other fruit, it is necessary to take measures to combat the disease. First of all you need:

• cut off all the branches that attacked the disease;
• process trees with special means;
• start fighting insects that are carriers of the disease.

Today, a wide range of products is presented in stores, the action of which is aimed at combating the disease. However, it is quite difficult to cure, if not to carry out preliminary preventive measures. They increase the likelihood that it will be possible to save the plant from the disease.

Moniliasis drugs are most often represented by fungicides. The greatest effectiveness in the treatment of the disease is achieved by usingfollowing means:

• Abigak Peak;
• "Rovral";
• copper sulphate;
• Bordeaux liquid;
• Teldor;
• "Horus";
• "Hamair".

These products are chemicals that can actively fight fungi. Before spraying the whole tree, it is recommended to test the solution on several branches: when the gray spots appear on the foliage, it is not recommended to use such a tool. It is very important to follow the instructions and use the recommended concentration when preparing the solution.

Resistant varieties

Among the fruit trees there are varieties that are more resistant to the disease. We list them.

Cherries

Resistant varieties include:

• Nefris;
• "Turgenevka";
• "Kirina";
• Zhukovskaya;
• "Wonderful Cherry";
• "Cossack";
• "Chosen One".

So far there are no varieties that would have absolute immunity to the disease, but in these types the probability of developing the disease is much less.

Sweet cherries

Resistant varieties include:

• "The gift of abundance";

• "Sasha";
• "Clear sunshine";
• "Poppy";
• Alai;
• "Enchantress".

The resistance of these varieties to the fungus is average, so they are most often recommended for planting.

Peach

The varieties of peach resistant to Moniliasis include:

• "Juicy";
• "Dream";
• "Temptation";
• "Golden Anniversary";
• "Wizard".

To protect the plant from the disease, even after landing these species, it is necessary to carry out preventive measures.

Apricot

Resistant varieties of apricot include:

• "Red-cheeked";
• "Black Velvet";
• Tamasha;
• "Kuban black."

This type of apricot is the most resistant to moniliosis, however, if you want to increase the plant's immunity against the disease, you should regularly treat the tree with special preparations.

Plums

Among the varieties of plums that are resistant to illness, are the following:

• "Stanley";
• "Milena";
• "Beautiful girl";
• "Donetsk";
• "Friend".

These varieties are least affected by the fungus and are rarely covered with gray rot.

Pears

Among pears it is recommended to plant such varieties:

• "Augustine";
• "Krasnodar summer";
• "The conference".

In order to avoid infection, they should not be planted next to other fruit stone fruit trees.

Apple trees

For resistant varieties of apple include:

• "Jonathan";

• "Idared";
• "Florin";
• "Simirenko".

In order to protect fruit trees from the infestation of moniliosis, it is necessary to closely monitor the condition of the foliage, regularly carry out prophylaxis and immediately take measures to combat the disease if mold or other signs of the disease are detected.