Identification Symptoms

  • Yellow specks measuring 3-10mm diameter appear on the leaves.
  • These spots coalesce to form larger lesions surrounded by yellow haloes.
  • Advanced stages the seedlings are stunted and in severe cases the seedlings die.
  • Etiology: Curvularia sp., Colletotrichum sp., Phyllosticta sp., Helminthosporum sp.and Alternaria tenuis has been reported to cause leaf spot of seedlings.