What are the symptoms of loquat sunscald
Symptoms of loquat sunscald: Sunscald can occur on branches and fruit. In the early stage of branch sunscald, the bark becomes shriveled and sunken, drying, cracking and lifting; later the affected area expands into a scorched patch, reaching deep into the xylem, resembling fire scorch. After fruit sunscald occurs, the flesh on the sunny side of the fruit is scorched and shriveled, and the affected area shows dark brown sunken, dried-up lesions, completely losing...
Symptoms of loquat sunscald: Sunscald can occur on branches and fruit. In the early stage of branch sunscald, the bark becomes shriveled and sunken, drying, cracking and lifting; later the affected area expands into a scorched patch, reaching deep into the xylem, resembling fire scorch. After fruit sunscald occurs, the flesh on the sunny side of the fruit is scorched and shriveled, and the affected area shows dark brown sunken, dried-up lesions, completely losing its edible value, and it often leads to severe outbreaks of anthracnose. It is prone to occur during the color-turning stage of the fruit when there is heavy fog and high temperature, and fruit exposed to direct sunlight is also susceptible. Branches long exposed to the scorching sun are prone to bark scorch.