- Damping off (Pythium and Rhizoctonia)
Symptoms: common cause of seedling loss with water-soaked and mushy stems. Some seedlings fail to emerge. Results in stem girdling, plant wilt, and death.
- Gray mold | See factsheet for more information (LIHREC)
Symptoms: light brown spots that often start at a wound or dead tissue. Fuzzy gray fungal growth develops in moist conditions. Common in greenhouse production, especially with poor ventilation.
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Meg McGrath – mtm3@cornell.edu & Chris Smart – cds14@cornell.edu - Originally prepared for Vegetable MD Online by Thomas A. Zitter.