Pepper Fusarium Wilt

(Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. capsici) Credits: Biovision-Infonet Disease symptoms include drooping and yellowing of lower leaves followed by wilting of the entire plant. Leaves on infected plants remain attached and the vascular system of the plant is discoloured, particularly in the lower stem and roots. The fungus lives indefinitely in the soil and is spread in […]

Pepper Cercospora Leaf Spot(Frogeye)

(Cercospora capsici) Credits: Biovision-Infonet Spots on leaves are brown and circular with small to large light grey centres and dark brown margins. Spots on stems, petioles and peduncles are typically elliptical and also have light grey centres with dark borders. Infected leaves are shed. Extensive defoliation occurs under severe disease pressure. Fruits are not attacked. […]

Pepper Viral Diseases

Credits: Biovision-Infonet About 17 viruses have been reported to attack peppers. Those considered economically important in Africa include alfalfa mosaic, chilli veinal mottle, cucumber mosaic, pepper veinal mottle, potato Y, tobacco etch, tobacco mosaic, tomato spotted wilt and chilli leaf curl. Most of these viruses are transmitted by insects, infected seed and a few by […]

Pepper Anthracnose (ripe rot)

(Colletotrichum capsici) Credits: Biovision-Infonet Anthracnose caused by Colletotrichum spp. is a major problem of ripened fruits. The fungus produces dark, sunken spots up to 2.5 cm across on sweet pepper. The spots occur on green and ripe fruits and their surface may be covered in moist weather with salmon-pink mass of spores. The fungus is […]