Peach Tree Short Life

Peach Tree Short Life (PTSL)

Peach tree short life results from a few different stressors on the tree that kill the tree prematurely. These stressors include ring nematode (Mesocriconema xenoplax) and bacterial canker. The classic symptoms is the dath of the large scaffold limbs but the rootstock sends up many suckers. Pictured below a tree that has died from PTSL with suckers from the rootstock (left), and one of the stressors the ring nematode (right).