Stem Blight and Propagation Issues in Blueberry

Management strategies
(general)
n Choose clean plant material for propagation.
n Prune out blight and remove diseased plant material from
the field—remove plants with severe dieback. They
cannot be cured.
n Manage irrigation carefully to prevent water stress.
n Do not allow young plants to overproduce berries in the
first few years.
n Fungicides used to manage fruit rots, leaf spots, and
other foliar diseases may help with this disease by
reducing stress, especially in nursery situations.
n Use less-susceptible cultivars
n Fungicide use at pruning