Chili Pepper Diseases

Seed borne viral diseases
Diseases Caused by Symptoms Control measures
1. Beet Curly Top Virus Beet curly top virus (BCTV

-Seedlings exhibit yellowing, curling, and twisting of the foliage

-Results in death of plant

-Tough to control

- Uuse resistant variety

-Controlling weeds and volunteer plants

2. Pepper Mottle Virus Pepper mottle virus (PMV) -Misshapen leaves and fruits

-Control aphids vectors

 

3. Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus

TMV

Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV)

-Infected green pods display small, off-colored spots

-Red fruit exhibit patches of yellow that never turn red

-Extremely difficult to eradicate this disease

-Efforts to control thrips

5. Cucumber Mosaic Virus Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV)

-Shoestringing" (narrowing of the leaves)

-Stunting, yellowing, and whitish spotting of the leaves

-Crop rotation