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Symptoms near the Crown

  • Bacterial crown gall
diseased tomato plant
Photos courtesy of T.A. Zitter, Cornell University, NY.

Symptoms: plant stunting and wilting with visible gall formations on the roots.

  • Fusarium crown and root rot
diseased tomato stems
Photos courtesy of T.A. Zitter, Cornell University, NY.

Symptoms: brown vascular tissue in the stem from crown to slightly above. Stem surface can be brown. Roots are brown and rotting.

 

More information/prepared by:

  • For more information, please contact:
    Meg McGrath – mtm3@cornell.edu & Chris Smart – cds14@cornell.edu
  • Originally prepared for Vegetable MD Online by Thomas A. Zitter.