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Pecan scab is the most economically significant disease of pecan (Carya illinoinensis) in the southeastern United States. [1] In 2010, Seyran and colleagues used sequencing of the mitochondrial gene for cytochrome b to conclusively classify the pecan scab fungus as Fusicladium effusum .
Pistillate flowers occur in short terminal spikes. [6] The fruit is a drupe2.5 to 4 cm (1 to 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) long, an edible nut with a hard, bony shell, contained in a thick, green four-sectioned husk which turns dark and splits off at maturity in the fall. [3] The terminal buds on the shagbark hickory are large and covered with loose scales. [7]
Carya aquatica, the bitter pecan or water hickory, is a large tree, that can grow over 30 metres (98 ft) tall of the Juglandaceae or walnut family. In the American South it is a dominant plant species found on clay flats and backwater areas near streams and rivers. The species reproduces aggressively both by seed and sprouts from roots and from ...
The tree is cultivated for its seed primarily in the U.S. states of Georgia, [3] New Mexico, [4] and Texas, [5] and in Mexico. The seed is an edible nut used as a snack and in various recipes, such as praline candy and pecan pie. The pecan is the state nut of Alabama, Arkansas, California, Texas, and Louisiana, and is also the state tree of Texas.
A homeowner wrote to plant expert Neil Sperry, asking how to protect their pecan tree. Sperry said, “If a pecan tree is free-standing, that is, not touching other trees, power lines, etc., you ...
The trees are wind-pollinated, and the flowers are usually arranged in catkins. The fruits of the Juglandaceae are often confused with drupes but are accessory fruit because the outer covering of the fruit is technically an involucre and thus not morphologically part of the carpel; this means it cannot be a drupe but is instead a drupe-like nut.
Workers remove a large Pecan tree from the roof of the house Chris Dunn and Lori Griffin rent in Newberry on Monday, Sept 30, 2024. “It sounded like a gravel truck,” Dunn said. As strong winds ...
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