Bacterial canker—Pseudomonas spp.
Bacterial canker is characterized by irregularly shaped, brown, water-soaked areas that develop in the
bark and outer sapwood of spurs, branches, and sometimes the tree trunk. Amber-colored gum or white patches
of sugar may exude from the margins of cankers. The diseased tissue is reddish brown, moist, and may
be sour smelling.
Solutions
Avoid planting trees on sandy or shallow soils. If trees have been damaged by bacterial canker, remove
entire affected branches, being sure to eliminate the entire canker and a few inches below. | 
White
patches of sugar and trunk reddening
Cankers
in trunk
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