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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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