Blueberries

What symptoms do you see?

Whole Plants

• Gradual decline in plant vigor
• Sudden death of whole plant(s)

Canes and Stems

• Plants or individual canes are wilting, collapsing, dead, or turning brown
• Canes exhibit extremely abnormal or stunted growth
• Canes and shoots have scales on them
• Canes are physically damaged (chewed, gnawed, etc.)

Leaves

• Leaves are unusually colored, spotted or necrotic (browning)
• Leaves are curled, rolled, or crinkled
• Leaves are physically damaged (e.g. chewed, holes, etc.)

Flowers

• Flowers turn brown
• Flowers are small, deformed, and rosetted
• Flowers are physically damaged (e.g. chewed, holes, etc.)

Fruit

• Fruit are small
• Fruit shrivels or rots prior to harvest
• Fruit is physically damaged (e.g. chewed, holes, etc.)
• Premature softening and wrinkling before berries are fully ripe. Small holes may be visible sometimes with small breathing tubes. Sap may ooze out of these holes. Small larvae are found inside berries.