Disease · 11 plants in our database
Brown rot
Monilinia laxa, M. fructigena
Which plants
Where you will find it.
Signs and protection differ by plant — the exact steps are on each plant’s page.
ApricotPrunus armeniacaFrom midsummerFruit rots brown with cream-coloured spore pustules, drops or dries up as mummified fruit on the tree. At flowering, blossoms and fruiting spurs turn brown and wilt (blossom wilt). Severity varies with the weather at flowering time.
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Common medlarMespilus germanicaFrom midsummerSpreading brown rot of fruit with pale brown spores; fruit mummify.
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European dwarf cherryPrunus fruticosaDieback of flowers and shoots, fruit rot.
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Higan cherryPrunus subhirtellaFrom midsummerBlossoms and shoots dry up (blossom wilt); fruit rots, mummifies and stays on the tree; cream-coloured spore pustules in rings on the fruit.
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Japanese flowering cherryPrunus serrulataFrom midsummerBlossoms and shoots dry up (blossom wilt); fruit rots, mummifies and stays on the tree; cream-coloured spore pustules in rings on the fruit.
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PeachPrunus persicaFruit rots brown with cream-coloured spore pustules, drops or dries up as mummified fruit on the tree. At flowering, blossoms and fruiting spurs turn brown and wilt (blossom wilt). Severity varies with the weather at flowering time.
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PlumPrunus domesticaFrom midsummerFruit rots brown with cream-coloured spore pustules, drops or dries up as mummified fruit on the tree. At flowering, blossoms and fruiting spurs turn brown and wilt (blossom wilt). Severity varies with the weather at flowering time.
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QuinceCydonia oblongaFrom midsummerSpreading brown rot of fruit with pale brown spores; fruit mummify.
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Sour cherryPrunus cerasusFrom midsummerFruit rots brown with cream-coloured spore pustules, drops or dries up as mummified fruit on the tree. At flowering, blossoms and fruiting spurs turn brown and wilt (blossom wilt). Severity varies with the weather at flowering time.
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Wild cherryPrunus aviumFrom midsummerFruit rots brown with cream-coloured spore pustules, drops or dries up as mummified fruit on the tree. At flowering, blossoms and fruiting spurs turn brown and wilt (blossom wilt). Severity varies with the weather at flowering time.
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Yoshino cherryPrunus × yedoensisFrom midsummerBlossoms and shoots dry up (blossom wilt); fruit rots, mummifies and stays on the tree; cream-coloured spore pustules in rings on the fruit.
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