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Stone fruits (peach, plum, cherry, apricot and nectarines) are widely cultivated throughout the temperate regions of the world. There are various production impediments in stone fruit cultivation of which diseases are considered as the major limiting factors which affect the yield and quality of the fruits, thus making their cultivation less remunerative. Leaf curl, shot hole, brown rot, powdery mildew, scab, rust, cankers, root and collar rot, bacterial spot, crown gall and plum pox are important diseases of these fruit crops which can be managed through an integrated approach involving use of cultural, chemical and biological measures, besides using resistant cultivars. Economic importance, symptoms, causal organisms, disease development and management of major diseases of stone fruits are described.
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Khan, N.A., Bhat, Z.A., Bhat, M.A. (2021). Diseases of Stone Fruit Crops. In: Mir, M.M., Iqbal, U., Mir, S.A. (eds) Production Technology of Stone Fruits. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8920-1_14
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