Vegetable Diseases: A Colour HandbookOur dependence on healthy vegetable crops as a reliable source of food transcends all barriers of nation and culture. Consumers now demand excellent quality from the industry that produces large volumes of high quality vegetables to be sold locally, regionally and shipped internationally. The diseases that affect vegetables compromise such quality |
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affected Alternaria anthracnose aphid ascospores asparagus bacterial leaf spot beet Botrytis brassicae broad bean broccoli California carrot Causal agent caused celery chlorotic conidia crop residues crown crucifers cucurbits cultivars curly top damping-off diagnostic features diameter discoloration Disease cycle disease development downy mildew field foliage fruit fungal fungi fungicides fungus Fusarium oxysporum f.sp Fusarium wilt germinate gray mold growth host range humidity infected inoculum Introduction and significance irrigation isolates Journal of Plant Koike leaf spot leaves lesions lettuce mosaic virus mycelium necrotic occurs onion oospores organisms parsnip pathogen pepper petioles Phoma Phytopathology Phytophthora Plant Disease Plant Pathology powdery mildew produced Pseudomonas syringae Pythium resistant cultivars root rot Rotate rust sclerotia Sclerotinia minor seed seedborne seedlings soil soilborne species spinach sporangia spores sporulation stem stunted survive susceptible Symptoms and diagnostic temperatures tissue tomato transplants vascular vector vegetable Verticillium wilt viruses water-soaked weed white mold Xanthomonas campestris pv yellow