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Pepper Problem

Chatham County, August 2003

Diagnosis: Southern Stem Blight (Sclerotium rolfsii)

Description, Biology, and Control of Southern Stem Blight

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diseased plant with wilted leaves

diseased plant with wilted leaves - note white mold on stem at soil line

advanced stage of disease - note that wilted leaves remain on the plant

white fungal growth and sclerotia on stem at soil line

close-up of sclerotia

 

This page last updated January 16, 2006.


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