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Virus
Cucumber mosaic virus and others
- Leaves are mottled with yellow and light green patches
- Leaves are misshapen; unusually long and thin like a shoestring or curled and deformed
- Fruit have yellow blotches or brown rings
- Plants may be stunted
- More information on Virus
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Frost Damage/Chilling Injury
- Leaves look water-soaked and soft, then turn black
- Surface of fruit appears bronzed
- Seeds and inside of fruit are brown
- Fruit becomes soft water-soaked and rots
- Leaves show injury immediately, fruit may not show symptoms for 5 to 7 days
- Eggplant is more sensitive to cold than tomatoes and peppers
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Potato Aphid and Green Peach Aphid
Macrosiphum euphorbiae and Myzus persicae
- Small insects, pear-shaped, usually greenish; clustered on underside of leaves, about 1/10th inch long
- Feeding by small or moderate numbers of aphids usually does not cause visible symptoms; feeding by larger numbers of aphids can cause curling, stunting, and wilting of leaves
- Active during spring and summer
- More information on Potato Aphid and Green Peach Aphid
