pomaceous

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Of, pertaining to, or resembling a pome.

   • The disease occurs throughout the United States and Canada in practically every section where pomaceus fruits are grown.
   • The brown rots of pomaceous and drupaceous fruits are due to fungi, at least one of which was first described by Persoon in 1796 as Torula fructigena.
   • Pomaceous and stone fruits can be degraded by a number of pathogenic species including Monilia laxa, M. fructigena and Rhizopus stolonifer.
2. 2

   That bears apples or pomes.

   • Cedar rust is characteristic of the “double host” rusts and needs two hosts, namely apple or other pomaceous plants and red cedar before it can complete its life cycle.
   • This bacterium^([Erwinia amylovora]) commonly affects most pomaceous trees and shrubs.
   • Infected foliage on the pomaceous, alternate hosts apppears during the summer or fall and is characterized by spots or large areas of yellow-orange discoloration and varying degrees of deformation.

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