Effective Tree Anthracnose Treatment To Avoid Fungal Problems

Anthracnose is a fungal disease infecting fruit-bearing plants, deciduous and evergreen trees. The infected plants tend to develop water-soaked, dark lesions around stems, fruits, or leaves.

The fungal disease affects aerial tissues, developing shoots, and expanding leaves of shrubs, trees, and other plants. It is the root cause of wilted, withered, and dying tissues. Hence, many people often confuse it with Fusarium wilt. Thus, a professional tree health assessment is crucial.

Anthracnose is popular for the damage it causes to trees. Fungi in the genus Colletotrichum cause this disease on various species of plants and trees, including oak, ash, maple, elm, rose plants, walnut, birch, palm, tulip, linden, sycamore, catalpa, and dogwood. It is also known as a leaf blight or shoots blight in some regions.

The growth usually occurs under relatively cold and moist weather conditions, approximately between 75-85 degrees Fahrenheit, infecting young leaves and shoots. The spores can be soil-borne, air-borne, or water-borne. Besides favorable weather conditions, wind, insects, and garden tools carry the fungal spores around the yard, spreading them from one tree to another.

Once Anthracnose attacks your trees, it creates a breeding ground for Bot Cankers, Shot Hole Borers, Leaf Spot Diseases, and other pathogens. Hence, Anthracnose disease control with effective treatment becomes crucial.

Combating Anthracnose can be a frustrating process if the infected trees and plants do not get the accurate treatment. A trunk injection with a systemic fungicide can help get control over Anthracnose fungus growth quickly. However, Anthracnose is more susceptible to weaker and stressed plants.

So, Expert arborists will offer nutrition and supplements to strengthen the plant or tree so that they can ward off Anthracnose, Fusarium Wilt, Bot Cankers, or other fungal attacks. They will avoid moist and other favorable conditions for eliminating Anthracnose growth.