PPFS-FR-T-8: Bacterial Canker and Perennial Canker of Stone Fruit

Nicole Ward Gauthier, Kevin Lyons, Chris Smigell | Sep. 9, 2021 (Major Revision)

Gummosis is a general, nonspecific condition of stone fruits (peach, nectarine, plum and cherry) in which gum is exuded and deposited on the bark of trees. Gum is produced in response to any type of wound, regardless of whether it is due to insects, mechanical injury or disease.