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Eggplant > Seedling > Collapsed seedling
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Damping Off
Fusarium sp., Rhizoctonia sp., and Pythium sp.
- Seed may rot in soil
- Seedling wilts, turns dark and rots
- Stem turns dark at soil line and seedling may tip over at soil line
- Cobweb-like or cotton-like fungal growth on seedlings or potting mix
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Phomopsis Blight
Phomopsis vexans
- Stems develop dark sunken lesions just above the soil line
- Seedlings may collapse and die
- Leaves develop circular, gray to brown lesions with a light center
- Severely infected leaves become torn, yellow, wilt and drop
- Fruit develops pale, sunken, oval spots
- Concentric rings of tiny black dots can be seen in fruit infection
- More information on Phomopsis Blight
