Colorado peach tree growers lose an estimated $6 million annually due to the fungus cytospora. Now, CSU researchers may have figured out a way to stop it.

The fungus causes abnormal cell growth, resulting in warty, red, distorted leaves. Sometimes the infection is mild and doesn’t affect the tree too much (except for the ugly leaves).

Cytospora cankers have formed on this peach tree in Palisade. The best results for suppressing the fungus have come from mixing fungicide with white latex paint and applying it to young trees to ...

A: Peach leaf curl is a fungus disease that causes distorted, swollen and curled leaves and twigs. Infected leaves often drop early, and repeat infections usually kill the tree in two or three years.

GRAND JUNCTION (AP) – A silent killer steadily encroaching on the most beloved of Western Slope fruit has moved into the crosshairs of peach growers and researchers. It’s a fungus so widesp ...

Newly planted peach trees need water more frequently than mature ones. "Newly planted and smaller trees have fewer roots. As ...

Deformed leaves, white and pink discoloration, and blisters are all signs of the fungus disease peach leaf curl. Pam Peirce Q: I planted a peach tree and a nectarine tree at the same time around ...