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  • Image: Apple Scab 1
    Credit: Kathy Urberg
  • Image: Apple Scab 2

    Credit: Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org

  • Image: Apple Scab 3

    Credit: Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org

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green arrowSpinach Leafminer
Pegomya hyoscyami

  • Larvae tunnel into leaves creating mines that begin long and narrow and eventually becoming an irregularly shaped blotch area
  • Mines are opaque at first and then later turn brown.
  • Larvae are a carrot-shaped, whitish maggot
  • Present throughout the growing season
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  • Image: Apple Maggot 1
    Credit: L.J. du Toit, Washington State University Mount Vernon NWREC
  • Image: Apple Maggot 2

    Credit: J. Brantner, Washington State University Mount Vernon NWREC

  • Image: Apple Maggot 3

    Credit: L.J. du Toit, Washington State University Mount Vernon NWREC

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green arrowRoot Rot Complex
Pythium spp., Rhizoctonia solani, Aphanomyces cochlioides

  • Leaves turn yellow and eventually wilt
  • Roots have dark sunken areas and few or no root hairs
  • Fluffy, white to grayish brown fungal growth may be present on rotted areas of the root
  • More information on Root Rot Complex...
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  • Image: Apple Scab 1
    Credit: Clemson University, USDA Cooperative Extension Slide Series, Bugwood.org
  • Image: Apple Scab 2

    Credit: Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota

  • Image: Apple Scab 3

    Credit: M. Grabowski, University of Minnesota

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green arrowVirus
Cucumber Mosaic Virus and Beet Curly Top

  • Leaves may be mottled or have a mosaic pattern of greens and yellows
  • Leaves are misshapen, usually curled and deformed
  • Young leaves are affected first but eventually the whole plant becomes yellow and stunted
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  • Image: Apple Maggot 1
    Credit: L.J. du Toit, Washington State University Mount Vernon NWREC
  • Image: Apple Maggot 2

    Credit: L.J. du Toit, Washington State University Mount Vernon NWREC

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green arrowDowny Mildew
Peronospora farinose f.sp. spinaciae

  • Irregular yellow spots on upper leaf surface
  • Fuzzy gray growth on leaf spots on the underside of the leaves
  • Leaves become water soaked, turn yellow, than brown, finally black and rotten
  • Disease is common in cool wet weather
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