Plant Structure
Leaves
Bracts
Stems
Roots
Insects
Shipping Related Problems
Problems at the Consumer Level
Poor Root System
Roots Rotten
Dark brown rot of the root tips and cortex, and the outer layer of the root will strip off of the inner vascular tissue (
Pythium
). Most common during the middle to late stages of the crop.
Dark brownish-black rot, most likely accompanied by a brown stem lesion at the soil line (
Rhizoctonia
). Most common during the eary stages of the crop.
Water-soaked brown to black roots (
Phytophthora
)
Roots turn black late in the season. Infection is at a vaiety of sites (
Thielaviopsis
)
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