Distribution in the Southeastern United States of Peach Tree Fungal Gummosis Caused by Botryosphaeria dothidea. Charles C. Reilly, Research Plant Pathologist, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Southeastern Fruit and Tree Nut Research Laboratory, Byron, GA 31008-0087. W. R. Okie, Research Horticulturist, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Southeastern Fruit and Tree Nut Research Laboratory, Byron, GA 31008-0087. Plant Dis. 66:158-161. Accepted for publication 9 October 1981. This article is in the public domain and not copyrightable. It may be freely reprinted with customary crediting of the source. The American Phytopathological Society, 1982. DOI: 10.1094/PD-66-158.

Visual assessments and fungal isolations were used to determine the distribution and severity of fungal gummosis of peach trees caused by Botryosphaeria dothidea. The disease is present in the major peach-producing areas in central and southern Georgia, central Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, and possibly Texas and Tennessee. The disease is apparently not present in North or South Carolina, Mississippi, or Arkansas.

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