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CROP COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME SHORT DESCRIPTION

Eggplant Cercospora leaf spot Cercospora melongenae initial symptoms are small
circular or oval chlorotic
spots on leaves which
develop light to dark
brown centers

Phomopsis fruit rot Phomopsis vexans Circular brown spots with


lighter centers on fruits;
infested leaves may turn
yellow and drop from
plant; dark cankers may
form on stems;
Anthractose - sunken spots on the fruit
Fruit rot Colletotrichum of your plant
coccodes

Verticillium wilt Verticillium pilahae is a fungal disease that


lives in soil
Early blight Alternaria solani causes brown-black spots
on the leaves that covers
the leaf surface

Leaf mosaic Ludwigia sedoides disease due to which leaves


turn yellow in eggplant

Guava Anthracnose Colletotrichum This disease causes dieback


gloesproides and premature falling of
guava leaves and fruits
Guava wilt Fusarium oxysporum : the plant may develop light
yellow leaves and sag
noticeably, prematurely shed
fruits or defoliate entirely
Algal leaf spot Cephaleuros virescens Orange, rust-colored,
dense, silky tufts on both
upper and lower surfaces
of leaves which turn
reddish-purple in color as
they mature;

Fruit flies Anastrepha suspensa Depressions in fruit with


dark colored puncture
wounds; soft, mushy areas
on fruit caused by larvae
feedign on fruit;

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