Vegetable Crops Hotline A newsletter for commercial vegetable growers prepared by the Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service

Alternaria leaf spot

Alternaria leaf spot on broccoli

Figure 1. Alternaria leaf spot lesion on a broccoli transplant.

Alternaria leaf spots of different sizes.

Figure 2. Alternaria leaf spot of several different sizes can be observed.

Focus of disease.

Figure 3. The roughly round area of diseased broccoli transplants observed here represents a focus of disease. Alternaria leaf spot probably started on a transplant in the center of this area and spread to surrounding seedlings.

Figure 4. Alternaria leaf spot lesions on a mature broccoli leaf.

Figure 4. Alternaria leaf spot lesions on a mature broccoli leaf.

Alternaria leaf spot on Kale.

Figure 5. Alternaria leaf spot on kale.