Table of plum cultivar susceptibility to the bacterial spot pathogen, Xanthomonas pruni
(Source of information and credits provided at the bottom of
the page.)
| Plum cultivar |
Bacterial
spot
susceptibility ratingz |
| Abundance |
HS |
| Beauty |
S |
| Bradshaw |
R |
| Burbank |
S |
| Elephant Heart |
S |
| Fellenburg |
S |
| Formosa |
HS |
| Frontier |
HS |
| Gold Shiro |
S |
| Methley |
S |
| Ozark Premier |
S |
| President |
R |
| Queen Rosa |
S |
| Redheart |
S |
| Santa Rosa |
S |
| Satsuma |
HS |
| Shropshire |
R |
| Stanley |
S |
| Wickson |
HS |
| Yellow Gage |
R |
zR = 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 sources:
Shepard, P. H. 1942. Growing plums in Missouri. Bulletin
31. Missouri Fruit Experiment Station. 35pp.
Ritchie, D. F. 1995. Bacterial spot. In: Compendium of
Stone Fruit Diseases. J. M. Ogawa, E. I. Zehr, G. W. Bird, D. F. Ritchie, K. Uriu, and J.
K. Uyemoto, eds. APS Press, St. Paul, MN. 98pp. |