page_title: Sooty blotch and flyspeck
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Sooty blotch and flyspeck / Description
caption_attribution_description: English: Haralson (apple) with its typical peel coloration from sooty blotch and flyspeck
context_page_description: Sooty blotch and flyspeck or apple summer disease is a plant disease caused by a complex of saprophytic fungi which colonize the epicuticular wax layer of apple. It is found worldwide in regions with moist growing seasons.
context_section_description: Sooty blotch and flyspeck is a descriptive term for a condition of darkly pigmented blemishes and smudges caused by a number of different fungi affecting fruit including apples, pear, persimmon, banana, papaya, and several other cultivated tree and vine crops. The greenish black coating resembling soot or flyspeck-like dots grow into irregular stains and blotches during the summer or growing season. They can grow into each other and may cover the entire fruit surface. Frequently blotches run down in a track resembling tears (German: "Regenfleckenkrankheit"). The blotches can be removed by vigorous rubbing or be scratched off revealing a normal peel. Symptoms can be seen particularly well when apples are light or green colored. Late varieties are more susceptible, because the disease builds over a longer growing period.
caption: Haralson with its typical peel coloration from sooty blotch and flyspeck
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