Blueberry Advisory System: A Disease Alert System for Blueberry Anthracnose Fruit Rot

, Douglas Phillips, , Philip Harmon, Clyde Fraisse, andNatalia Peres

Release Date: 8/10/2022

Reviewed At: 10/30/2025

DOI: 10.32473/edis-pp366-2022

Agriculture

Abstract

The weather conditions favoring Blueberry anthracnose fruit rot disease incidence and development can be difficult to predict, and it can significantly impact yield under conducive weather patterns. For that reason, the authors of this new 6-page publication of the UF/IFAS Plant Pathology Department developed and validated a web-based disease alert system for blueberry AFR, the Blueberry Advisory System (BAS), to help blueberry growers in Florida identify weather conditions favorable for the disease and improve disease management. Written by André B. Gama, Douglas A. Phillips, Vinícius A. Cerbaro, Phillip F. Harmon, Clyde W. Fraisse, and Natalia A. Peres.

About this Publication

This publication is PP366, one of a series of the Department of Plant Pathology, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date August 2022. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

How to Cite

Gama, A. B., Phillips, D. A., Cerbaro, V. A., Harmon, P. F., Fraisse, C. W., & Peres, N. A. (2022). Blueberry Advisory System: A Disease Alert System for Blueberry Anthracnose Fruit Rot. EDIS, 2022(4). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-pp366-2022

Authors

André B. Gama

Douglas Phillips

staff

University of Florida

Extension specialist, blueberry Extension coordinator, Department of Horticultural Sciences, UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Research and Education Center, Wimauma, FL

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Vinícius A. Cerbaro