In springtime, peach growers will see the last remnants of the flowers splitting and falling from the growing young fruit. They also might see the peach tree leaves “bubbling up” and becoming deformed—a sign of peach leaf curl infection. This disease, incited by the fungus Taphrina deformans, causes leaf function to suffer and stresses the tree.
In this video, NCAT Horticulture Specialist Guy Ames explains how the disease infects peach trees, how to help infected trees, and how to prevent infection while the trees are still dormant.
Este vídeo ha sido producido por el Centro Nacional de Tecnología Apropiada a través del programa de Agricultura Sostenible de ATTRA, en el marco de un acuerdo de colaboración con el Departamento de Desarrollo Rural del Departamento de Agricultura de los Estados Unidos (USDA). ATTRA.NCAT.ORG.
