• Fruit: fruits are not affected Management • Avoid over-head irrigation/ watering • Avoid putting seedbed near to tomato or pepper production field. • Treat seedlings with protective maneb to reduce losses Small red-brown spots appear, which • Apply fungicides with later develop to gray inner centers. mancozeb once first symptoms appear and after On the right - Stem lesions each rain or watering Possible confusions • Cercospora leaf spot • Bacteria leaf spot • Early blight 6. Gray mold (Botrytis) (Botrytis cinera) It is caused by fungus, botrytis cinerea, which invades weak and damaged plant tissues. Cool temperatures and high humidity favours the development of the fungus. Common in net-houses and greenhouses. Symptoms and damage • Initial symptom is dark, water soaked, slimy lesions, which later turns brownish gray powdery. • Sudden collapse of succulent tissues like young leaves, flowers and stems. • Leaf lesions become water soaked with irregular gray spot, which turns brown, wither and collapse.
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