Utah Plant Pest Diagnostic Lab

Diseases Diagnosed in October 2011

Late blight

Scientific Name: phytophthora infestans

late blight

Photo(s): Howard F. Schwartz, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org

Situation: Tomato

County: Cache

Fact Sheets: None


Needle Blight (Dothistoroma)

Scientific Name: Mycosphaerella pini

needle blight

Photo(s): Robert L. Anderson, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org

Situation: Ponderosa Pine, Austrian Pine

County: Toole, Wasatch

Fact Sheets: None


Summer Patch

Scientific Name: Magnaporthe poae

summer patch

Photo(s): Summer patch in bluegrass, Mary Ann Hansen, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Bugwood.org

Situation: On turf

County: Carbon, Wasatch, Salt Lake

Fact Sheets: Colorado State University; Ohio State University


Curly Top

Scientific Name: Germinirirus sp.

curly top

Photo(s): A.C. Magyarosy, Bugwood.org

Situation: Cream Sausage Tomato

County: Salt Lake

Fact Sheets: None


Cucumber Mosaic Virus (Bromoviridae)

Scientific Name: Cucumorirus sp.

cucumber virus

Photo(s): William M. Brown Jr., Bugwood.org

Situation: Beefsteak Tomato

County: Salt Lake

Fact Sheets: None


Edema (Abiotic)

Scientific Name: N/A

edema

Photo(s): Charles Averre, North Carolina State University, Bugwood.org

Situation: Bannanah Squash

County: Cache

Fact Sheets: None

*Links on the page are not intended as authoritative sources of management information. Established links allow users to view pictures of pests and find general biology and control information; for Utah-specific control recommendations please contact the Utah Plant Pest Diagnostic Lab @ 435-797-2435. Pictures above are not always the exact species identified, but are representative photos of submitted samples.