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Resource Manual on <strong>IPPM</strong> <strong>in</strong> Vegetable<br />
World Education Philipp<strong>in</strong>es, Inc.<br />
Gray leaf spot<br />
Stemphylium<br />
solani Weber<br />
Cercospora Leaf<br />
mold<br />
Cercospora<br />
fuligena Roldan<br />
Early blight<br />
Alternaria<br />
solani<br />
Alternaria porri<br />
Solanaceous<br />
Cucurbits<br />
Legumes<br />
Cricifers<br />
Solanaceous<br />
the spores with<strong>in</strong> which the<br />
fungus spreads. These have a<br />
dark and dusty appearance.<br />
Spores develop on the leaf<br />
spots dur<strong>in</strong>g moist periods.<br />
Cool, wet weathers favor<br />
disease development. This is<br />
why leaf spot is usually not a<br />
problem dur<strong>in</strong>g dry season,<br />
but it can be severe <strong>in</strong> the wet<br />
season.<br />
· This disease is limited to leaf<br />
blades. Initial symptoms<br />
<strong>in</strong>clude one to several m<strong>in</strong>ute<br />
brownish black specks that<br />
appear simultaneously on<br />
both surfaces of the leaf.<br />
· The central killed area<br />
changes from brownish black<br />
to grayish brown as the spots<br />
enlarge and these centers<br />
crack and partially drop out<br />
to give a shothole<br />
appearance. The entire leaf<br />
then turns yellow, droops,<br />
and eventually dies.<br />
Stemphylium spots are small,<br />
evenly distributed, almost<br />
circular, and show no<br />
concentric zonation <strong>in</strong><br />
contrast to leaf spot.<br />
· First appear as brown effuse<br />
patches on the leaf<br />
undersurface. The<br />
correspond<strong>in</strong>g upper surfaces<br />
turn yellow and later brown.<br />
· In advanced <strong>in</strong>fection, the<br />
patches coalesce and become<br />
necrotic. Foliage of severely<br />
<strong>in</strong>fected plants dries up and<br />
dies.<br />
· Symptoms may also occur on<br />
petioles and young succulent<br />
stems, but have not been<br />
reported on fruit.<br />
· The disease progresses from<br />
older to younger leaves.<br />
· All above ground parts of the<br />
plant can be affected with<br />
circular brown spots with<br />
dark concentric r<strong>in</strong>gs and<br />
yellow marg<strong>in</strong>s. They occur<br />
s<strong>in</strong>gly or <strong>in</strong> large numbers on<br />
each leaf and form first on<br />
older lower leaves. It is<br />
better circulation of air through<br />
the foliage and use plant<strong>in</strong>g site<br />
and plant spac<strong>in</strong>g pattern that<br />
expose plants to full sun<br />
throughout the day. Avoid over<br />
crowd<strong>in</strong>g of plants.<br />
· Avoid work<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> the fields<br />
while the plants are wet to reduce<br />
spread of the disease. Plow<strong>in</strong>g<br />
immediately after harvest helps<br />
elim<strong>in</strong>ate the sources of airborne<br />
Alternaria and encourages the<br />
rapid decomposition of crop<br />
residues.<br />
· Field sanitation and rotation<br />
practices such as those<br />
recommended for control of<br />
alternaria leaf spot can be used.<br />
· The pathogen survives <strong>in</strong><br />
diseased plants parts where it<br />
produces spores at the beg<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g<br />
of the grow<strong>in</strong>g season. The<br />
application of fungicides and<br />
plant<strong>in</strong>g resistant varieties can<br />
reduce disease losses.<br />
· The fungus survives <strong>in</strong> soil,<br />
diseased plant debris or <strong>org</strong>anic<br />
matter. The rate of <strong>in</strong>fection can<br />
be reduced by crop rotation,<br />
ma<strong>in</strong>ta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g plant vigor, crop<br />
rotation, m<strong>in</strong>imiz<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>jury to<br />
plants, limit<strong>in</strong>g leaf-wetness<br />
periods and by use of broad-<br />
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