Full Text                                                                            Full-Text Online        First report of fruit rot caused by Phytophthora syringae on Pyracantha in the UK Henricot. B      Waghorn. I      Denton. G      Pérez Sierra. A. M       Plant Pathology ;  2004  [Vol.53]  Pages:805-805 Abstract Pyracantha spp. (firethorn) are grown mainly for their display of red, orange or yellow fruit in the autumn and winter and is also used as a hedge plant. In 2001 and 2002, two samples of berries of Pyracantha (both orange berry varieties) from Hampshire (RHS/10715/01) and from North Yorkshire (RHS/13308/02), showing signs of rotting, were received at the advisory service of the Royal Horticultural Society. The symptoms observed were brown/black spots that enlarged, with the whole berry eventually turning black and shrivelled. Whole clusters of berries were affected but the symptoms were only observed on berries produced on the lower branches of the Pyracantha shrubs. Keywords phytophthora syringae pyracantha