Cercospora leaf mold – Vegetable Crops Hotline

Cercospora leaf mold

Cercospora leaf mold of tomato

Figure 1. Cercospora leaf mold of tomato. Note relatively large lesions with diffuse chlorotic margins.

underside of cercospora leaf

Figure 2. Underside of tomato leaf with cercospora leaf mold. Note dark sporulation of pathogen and compare with leaf mold of tomato.

Cercospora leaf mold

Figure 3. Cercospora leaf mold of tomato. Note that smaller lesions are chlorotic while larger lesions have become necrotic.

cerco again

Figure 4. Another look at the underside of a tomato leaf with sporulation of cercospora leaf mold.

cercospora leaf mold in situ

Figure 5. Cercospora leaf mold of tomato in a high tunnel.

cerco leaf mold again

Figure 6. Another view of the dark sporulation of Cercospora leaf mold of tomato.

 

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