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A fungal disease, along with climate change, threatens Colorado’s prized peaches
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Colorado's peach industry faces a significant threat from cytospora canker, a fungal disease, with a recent survey showing 100% infection rates in Orchard Mesa orchards, exacerbated by climate change pressures.
A fungal disease, along with climate change, threatens Colorado’s prized peaches
Colorado's peach industry is threatened by a fungal disease. Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post via Getty Images
In western Colorado, home to the treasured Palisade peach, cytospora canker is one of the most economically consequential fungal diseases faced by growers.
A recent survey conducted by Colorado State University in Orchard Mesa found that 100% of the orchards have trees infected with cytospora canker. In some orchards, you can smell the sweetness of gummosis, the sweet oozing of sa
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