Abstract
A canker is a localized lesion or diseased area often resulting in an open wound and usually on a woody structure. Starting as a definite necrotic spot, it may girdle cane, stem, or tree trunk, killing the water-conducting tissues so that the most prominent symptom becomes a dieback. When twigs and branches die back from the tip, the condition may be a blight, with the pathogen directly invading the dying area, or it may be a secondary effect from a canker some distance below.
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Horst, R.K. (2013). Cankers and Diebacks. In: Westcott's Plant Disease Handbook. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2141-8_23
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