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  • White Mold 1

    Credit: Photograph © by Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc. and is used by permission. This photograph may not be used or reproduced without the written permission by its respective owner

  • White Mold 2

    Credit: M. Grabowski, Univ. of MN

  • White Mold 3

    Credit: Photograph © by Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc. and is used by permission. This photograph may not be used or reproduced without the written permission by its respective owner

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green arrowWhite Mold
Sclerotinia sclerotiorum

  • Dark, firm water soaked lesion on stem
  • Girdled stems die and turn bone white
  • Inside dead stems are black mouse poop like sclerotia
  • Fruit are soft and rotted
  • Cottony white mycelia inside and outside infected stems when humidity is high
  • Favored by cool humid conditions
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  • Image: 1

    Credit: Photograph © by Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc. and is used by permission. This photograph may not be used or reproduced without the written permission by its respective owner

  • Image: 2

    Credit: David B. Langston, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org

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green arrowPhomopsis Blight
Phomopsis vexans

  • Stems develop dark sunken lesions just above the soil line
  • Seedlings may collapse and die
  • Leaves develop circular, gray to brown lesions with a light center
  • Severely infected leaves become torn, yellow, wilt and drop
  • Fruit develops pale, sunken, oval spots
  • Concentric rings of tiny black dots can be seen in fruit infection
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  • Image: 1

    Credit: Howard F. Schwartz, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org

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    Credit: Howard F. Schwartz, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org

  • Image: 3

    Credit: David B. Langston, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org

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green arrowPhytophthora Blight
Phytophthora capsici and Phytophthora parasitica

  • Entire plant wilts and turns brown
  • Soft, dark, water soaked spots form on fruit
  • Water soaked to tan bleached spots may form on leaves
  • Fruit wither but remain attached and become coated in white fungal growth
  • Dark sunken spots form on stems, all leaves beyond this spot wilt
  • Disease spreads very rapidly in cool wet weather
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