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Buckeye > Leaves > Spots or blotches on leaves

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Leaf blotch
Guignardia aesculi

  • Irregularly-shaped, reddish brown blotches with yellow border on leaves
  • Leaves curl and become deformed around leaf spots
  • Reddish-brown spots may be visible on leaf petioles and immature fruit
  • Leaves may drop prematurely if infection is severe
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Anthracnose
Glomerella cingulata

  • Leaf veins, mid rib and petioles turn brown
  • Round to irregular brown spots develop near leaf veins
  • Most severe on trees stressed by heat, drought, nutrient deficiency or other conditions
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Leaf scorch

  • Leaf margins turn reddish brown and may curl
  • More noticeable in last half of summer
  • Most common on leaves exposed to sun and wind than sheltered leaves
  • Severely affected leaves drop prematurely
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Powdery mildew
Phyllactinia gutttata

  • White-gray, felt-like spots or patches on leaves
  • Infected leaves may curl, twist or fold upwards
  • Infected blossoms are distorted, discolored and covered in white powdery fungal growth
  • Lower shaded leaves and small understory trees are most commonly affected
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Japanese beetle
Popillia japonica

  • Skeletonizes leaves, i.e. chews leaf tissue between the veins creating a lacelike appearance
  • Damaged areas turn brown
  • Attacks are common in sunny locations starting at the top of the tree and working down as they feed
  • Adults are a metallic green; bronze wings; 5 white tufts of "hair" along their sides and two white tufts on the tip of the abdomen
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