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  • Image: Blossom End Rot 1
    Credit: R.J. Howard, Government of Alberta, http://www.agriculture.alberta.ca
  • Image: Blossom End Rot 2

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

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green arrowDamping Off
Pythium spp., Rhizoctonia solani, Fusarium sp., and Aphanomyces euteiches

  • Seed may rot in soil resulting in poor emergence
  • Seedlings may be stunted, pale green and may wilt
  • Dark sunken lesions may be seen on the stem or roots
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  • Image: Early Blight 1
    Credit: Eric Burkness, University of Minnesota
  • Image: Early Blight 2

    Credit: Eric Burkness, University of Minnesota

  • Image: Early Blight 3

    Credit: Eric Burkness, University of Minnesota

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green arrowSeed Corn Maggot
Delia platura

  • Maggots feed on developing seeds and can completely destroy seeds, or damage the cotyledons and first true leaves
  • More common in cooler weather
  • Seed corn maggot should not attack plantings made after June 1st
  • Maggots are yellowish-white, about ΒΌ inch in length, and legless
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green arrowMycosphaerella Blight
Mycosphaerella pinodes and Phoma medicaginis var. pinodella

  • Seedling stem turn dark brown to black, often near the soil line, seedlings may be killed or grow weakly
  • Small dark flecks on stems, leaves and pods
  • Leaf spots grow into round brown spots with several concentric rings like a bull's eye
  • Purplish black lesions on stems
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