Managing Southern Blight on Vegetable Crops

Authors

Anthony KeinathFollow

Publication Date

Summer 8-2-2019

Publication Number

LGP 1009

Summary

Southern blight is a disease of over 1,200 crops and weeds in the southern half of the United States. Among the vegetable crops affected are tomato, pepper, eggplant, snap bean, Jerusalem artichoke, and occasionally cantaloupe, watermelon, and pumpkin fruit. Grasses and grains are not attacked. In South Carolina, southern blight is most common on tomato and pepper.

Publication Type

Brief

Target Audiences

farmers, agronomists

Recommended Citation

Keinath AP. Managing Southern Blight on Vegetable Crops. Land-Grant Press by Clemson Extension. 2019; LGP 1009. http://lgpress.clemson.edu/publication/managing-southern-blight-on-vegetable-crops/.