WVU-KTFREC Bitter Rot Susceptibility Table

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Table of Apple Cultivar Susceptibility to the Bitter Rot Fungi

Colletotrichum spp.

Table of apple cultivar susceptibility to the bitter rot fungi, Colletotrichum spp.
(Source of information and credits provided at the bottom of the page.)

Apple cultivar	Bitter rot susceptibility rating^z	Apple cultivar	Bitter rot susceptibility rating^z
Arkansas Black	HS	Maiden Blush	MR
Braeburn	S	Nittany	HS
Delicious	MR	Northern Spy	S
Fuji	HS	NW Greening	HS
Gala	S	RI Greening	HS
Golden Delicious	HS	Rome Beauty	MR
Granny Smith	HS	Smokehouse	HS
Grimes Golden	S	Stayman	S
Ginger Gold	S	Winesap	MR
Idared	HS	Yellow Newton	HS
Jerseymac	MR	Yellow Transparent	MR
Jonagold	S	York Imperial	MR
Jonathan	S

^zMR = Moderately resistant. Specific control needed under high disease pressure.
S = susceptible. Control usually needed where disease is prevalent.
HS = highly susceptible. Control always needed where disease is prevalent. These cultivars should receive first priority when control is called for.

Data compiled by K. S. Yoder and A. R. Biggs from personal observations and the following source:

A Grower's Guide to Apple Insects and Diseases in the Southeast. 1993. Alabama Cooperative Extension Service, Auburn University, Circular ANR-838. Ed. J. R. McVay, J. F. Walgenbach, E. J. Sikora, and T. B. Sutton.