Week of June 5, 2017

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DEBLOIS, MAINE -- 06/01/2017 -- University of Maine student Alex Chandler holds a blueberry plant stem that shows the browning leaf a sign of mummy berry. UMaine researchers are conducting a study on mummy berry, a fungal blueberry disease that can reduce crop yields by a significant amount. The disease is spread via pollinators such as bees, but researchers are trying to find out why native bees spread significantly less mummy berry disease than imported honeybees.
Gabor Degre | BDN