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Anthracnose
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When it strikes
Temperature
20–30°C
Humidity
≥85%
Leaf wetness
Required
Season
Summer
About
Anthracnose (Colletotrichum species) is a warm-wet-weather disease of beans, cucurbits, tomatoes, and many trees and shrubs, causing sunken fruit lesions that ruin marketable yield.
Symptoms
Dark, sunken circular lesions on fruit often oozing pink spore masses when wet; irregular dead blotches on leaves along veins; cankers on stems and twigs.
Organic Treatment
Remove infected fruit and debris, mulch to stop soil splash, and apply copper in wet spells. Avoid working among wet plants.
Chemical Treatment
Chlorothalonil or azoxystrobin on a protectant schedule during warm rainy periods.
Prevention
Use clean seed, rotate crops, stake for airflow, water at the base, and clear infected debris at season end.