apple canker


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Noun1.apple canker - a disease of apple treesapple canker - a disease of apple trees    
apple blight
blight - any plant disease resulting in withering without rotting
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Their damage can lead to lumpy growths in the bark, which can split in the winter, and lead to apple canker. Scrub colonies with a stiff bristled brush in spring.
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Official investigation revealed that, in 2008, the incidence of apple canker disease was 52.7% across China [2].
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Control apple canker by cutting back diseased tissue to healthy white wood.
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Look out for apple canker in the bark of trees and prune out infected areas completely.
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Look out for apple canker in tree bark and prune infected areas completely.
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This sapsucking pest causes stems to swell and distort as it feeds and apple canker disease can get in via the wounded bark.
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OUR apple trees are under attack - not from outside or from Europe - but from the inside by a serious disease called apple canker.
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A I'M afraid this is a classic case of apple canker, and a pretty bad one, too.
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