What causes pitted pears in South African orchards? Apple stem pitting virus or antestia stink bug? By Anna Mouton. Pear stony pit is a disease of pear trees characterised by deformed fruit. Moderately affected fruit are dimpled or pitted. Severely…
Stink bugs or stem-pitting virus? By Anna Mouton. A new research project funded by Hortgro aims to establish the cause of dimpled and deformed pears seen in Western Cape orchards. The project is led by Dr Rachelle Bester and Prof.…
Conflicting views on a century-old disease. By Anna Mouton. Pear stony pit is a disease of pear trees that shows up as deformed fruit. The fruit are dimpled or pitted. Severely affected fruit may have a distorted shape and become…