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Cercospora leaf spot: Cercospora carotae

Symptom

  • The first symptom usually appears as elongated lesions along the edge of the leaf segment.
  • Non-marginal lesions appear as small, pin-point chlorotic spots which shows develop into a necrotic center surrounded by a diffuse chlorotic border.
  • Coalescence of spots is common. linear dark lesions develop on the petiole, sometimes girdling the latter and killing the leaf.

Management

  • Seed treatment with Captan 4g/kg
  • Spraying at 10 days interval with Copper oxychloride or Mancozeb.

Image Source:

www.nysipm.cornell.edu/factsheets/vegetables/misc/clb.pdf

Cercospora leaf spot