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Plant Disease Facts
Gary Moorman
Professor of Plant Pathology
Leucothoe Diseases

Disease Symptoms Pathogen/Cause Management
Cylindrocladium Leaf Spot Dark spots form on leaves. Lesions on stems can girdle and kill them. Cylindrocladium Avoid overhead irrigation. Apply triflumizole (Terraguard*) as a drenching spray.
Cylindrocladium Root Rot Plants are stunted. Leaves yellow and wilt as branches die. Many dark brown to black lesions that form on roots, enlarge, and girdle roots. Longitudinal crack may develop in the stem at the soil line. Cylindrocladium Avoid overhead irrigation. Apply triflumizole (Terraguard*) as a soil drench.

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