TABLE 1. DISEASE RESISTANCE OF PLUM CULTIVARS IN EXPERIMENTAL PLANTINGS AT AUBURN AND SHORTER, ALABAMA

Cultivar
Disease index 1

 

Bacterial
fruit spot

Bacterial
leaf spot

Bacterial
canker

Black
knot

Brown
rot

Plum leaf
scald

AU-Rubrum

0

0

1

0

2

1

AU-Amber

0

0

0

5

2

0

AU-Producer

0

0

0

1

2

1

AU-Roadside

0

0

0

0

2

I

Bruce

0

0

0

0

4

4

Crimson

0

0

0

0

I

3

Homeside

0

0

I

I

3

1

Methley

3

5

5

5

3

4

Morris.

1

2

2

5

2

2

Ozark Premier

0

1

1

1

3

4

Purple

0

0

0

0

3

5

Santa Rosa

5

5

5

0

3

5

1 Disease index 0 = 0, I = 1-10, 2 = 21-40, 3 = 41-60, 4 = 61-80, and 5 = 81-100 percent of fruit, leaves, and trees infected. Ratings were taken in years when injury from disease was severe on susceptible cultivars.