Leaf curl

This article is about fungal leaf curl in peach, nectarine and almond trees. For viral leaf curl in tomato and other Solanaceae, see Begomovirus. For viral leaf curl in beets and turnips, see Geminiviridae. For viral leaf roll in tomato and other Solanaceae, see Potato leafroll virus.
Leaf curl
Peach leaf curl
Causal agentsTaphrina fungus
Hostspeach, almond
DistributionAmerica, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, New Zealand

Peach leaf curl is a plant disease characterized by distortion and coloration of leaves and is caused by the fungus Taphrina deformans,[1] which infects peach, nectarine, and almond trees. T. deformans is found in the United States, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and New Zealand.[2] Peach leaf curl reduces the amount of leaves and fruit produced by peach and nectarine trees.[3]

  1. ^ "Peach leaf curl". Peach Leaf Curl. West Virginia University. Archived from the original on 2007-08-29. Retrieved 2021-11-13.
  2. ^ Gray, William D. (1959). The Relation of Fungi to Human Affairs. New York: Henry Holt and Company, Inc.
  3. ^ Chester, Kenneth Starr (1947). Nature and Prevention of Plant Diseases (2nd ed.). Philadelphia: The Blakiston Company.