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  • Image: Aphids 1
    Credit: Dept. of Entomology, University of Minnesota
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    Credit: Dept. of Entomology, University of Minnesota

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green arrowAphids

  • Active during spring and summer
  • Feeding by small or moderate numbers of aphids usually does not cause visible symptoms; feeding by larger numbers of aphids can cause curling, stunting, and wilting of leaves
  • 1/10th inch long
  • Small insects, pear-shaped, usually greenish; clustered on leaves
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  • Image: Virus 1
    Credit: Michelle Grabowski
  • Image: Virus 2

    Credit: Michelle Grabowski

  • Image: Virus 3

    Credit: Michelle Grabowski

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green arrowVirus
Cucumber mosaic virus, tomato mosaic virus, tomato
spotted wilt virus and more

  • Leaves are mottled with yellow and light green patches
  • Leaves are misshapen; unusually long and thin like a shoestring or curled and deformed
  • Fruit have yellow blotches or brown rings
  • Plants are stunted even when neighboring plants look healthy and tall
  • More information on Virus...
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  • Image: Leaf Roll 1
    Credit: Michelle Grabowski
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    Credit: Michelle Grabowski

  • Image: Leaf Roll 3

    Credit: Unknown

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green arrowLeaf Roll
Abiotic

  • Leaves curl upward and inward, creating a tube in severe cases
  • Leaves become thick and leathery
  • Occurs in response to drought stress
  • More information on Leaf Roll...
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  • Image: Herbicide Damage 1
    Credit: Michelle Grabowski
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    Credit: Michelle Grabowski

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green arrowHerbicide Damage

  • Leaves are twisted, cupped, curled, or distorted
  • Veins in leaves are thick and close together
  • Leaves may be bleached or browned
  • Side of the plant closest to the herbicide application is most severly affected
  • In sever cases the entire plant may be affected
  • More information on Herbicide Damage...

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