Fungal Plant Diseases: Types, Symptoms and Control Methods
How to recognize fungal diseases of leaves, fruit and roots by their symptoms, and how to reduce infection and protect your plants.
How to recognize fungal diseases of leaves, fruit and roots by their symptoms, and how to reduce infection and protect your plants.
White cotton on the stem and black grains inside? That is white mold, not gray. Learn the difference and how to stop it before it returns.
أوراق ملتفة وشتلات متقزمة؟ لا علاج للفيروس، لكن الوقاية ومكافحة الذبابة البيضاء تنقذ موسمك.
نبتة خضراء تنهار في أيام ولا ينفع معها الري؟ اعرف اختبار الماء، وكيف تفرّق الذبول البكتيري عن الفطري، ولماذا لا يشفيه النحاس.
Wilting in the afternoon, recovering by morning? Learn the signs of Verticillium wilt and how to tell it apart from Fusarium and bacterial wilt.
Gray spots with dark edges on tomato leaves? Learn how Septoria differs from similar diseases and the right spray plan.
A sticky black film on leaves? An insect excreting honeydew is the problem, not a fungus attacking the plant. Find the source and treat it.
Velvety black spots on apples and rough skin on potatoes? They are two different diseases, and each needs its own treatment.
Brown cankers at the soil line, hard black patches on tubers? That is Rhizoctonia. Learn how to protect seed and transplants before planting.
Peppers collapsing after irrigation, white dust on fruit? That is Phytophthora blight. Learn its signs, spread pattern and a protection plan.
Tomato bacterial canker: symptoms, how it differs from other wilts, how pruning spreads it, and a removal and disinfection plan.
Bacterial soft rot in potatoes and vegetables: symptoms, look-alikes, why it spreads in storage, and a harvest, curing, and storage plan.
Sound mango turning black after picking? That is latent anthracnose. Learn its symptoms on mango, cucurbits and pepper, and when spraying helps.
Orange powder staining a tissue when you wipe a leaf? That is rust. Identify the type on wheat, roses and beans, and learn when spraying helps.
Water-soaked spots and white fuzz under tomato leaves? Late blight can ruin a field in days. Identify it and stop it with the right fungicides.