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