Sooty blotch

Glomerella cingulata), sooty blotch (Gloeodes pomigena), fly speck (Microthyrlella rubi) and Brooks spot (Mycosphaerella pond). 

Flyspeck and sooty blotch Table 5.9. Causes and damage. 

Fruh with raised Mack spots or hrown sMidges on the surface. Causes Ry speck scoty blotch. Black spots are fly speck brown CTudges are sooty blotch. Both of these blem-sfaes are fungal diseases and both can be con-nv>lled with sulfur sprays. But since both are superficial, you can just rub them off the fruit. 

Leaves with dark, sooty blotches. Cause Sooty mold. This fungus lives on the honey-dew excreted by aphids, mealybugs, and scales. Treat the plant for the insect infestation. Then clean the foliage with warm soapy water and rinse. See Leaves and Stems with white cottony patches, Leaves pale and discolored tiny brown bumps on undersides and stems." and Leaves crinkled or curled with a sticky coating on undersides above for information on controlling these insects. 

Sooty blotch, apple and, 25 Sooty mold, 382,38 annuals and, 19 apple and, 25 bulbs and, 51 cherry and, 67 filbert and, 98 grape and, 110 houseplants and, 120 perennials and, 177 from scale, 321... 

Venkatasubbaiah, P., Sutton, T.B., and Chilton, W.S. 1995. The structure and biological properties of secondary metabolites produced by Peltaster fructicola, a fungus associated with apple sooty blotch disease. Plant Dis. 79, 1157-1160. 

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