Phomopsis Tip Blight Quiz Phomopsis Tip Blight Quiz Take the Quiz! Get a perfect score! Earn the medallion! Questions may have more than one correct answer. Be sure to select all answers that are correct. If you don't get a perfect score, you can take the quiz again until you do! Please provide your email address to receive your digital medallion. Reference: Phomopsis Tip Blight Fact Sheet.Email(Required) 1) Phomopsis tip blight is a disease that commonly affects junipers (including red cedar), but can also affect other types of conifers/evergreens.(Required) true false 2) Typical signs and symptoms associated with Phomopsis tip blight include(Required) needle yellowing dull red to brown, dead branch tips root decay shrub death small, black structures imbedded in dead branch tissue 3) Phomopsis tip blight is caused by a(Required) bacterium fungus water mold phytoplasma nematode virus none of the above 4) Strategies that can successfully help manage Phomopsis tip blight include(Required) pruning out individual affected branches routinely shearing junipers to stimulate production of new healthy growth growing resistant juniper species, varieties, or cultivars removing crabapple, apple, and hawthorn trees that are growing near junipers using fungicide treatments spacing juniper shrubs farther apart when planting using a soaker hose for watering rather than a sprinkler Δ
