Use the photos below to identify damage.
Names link to more on identification and management.
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| Collapsed,
wilting, stunted, or dying plants |
Charcoal rot damage
Identification
tip: Charcoal-like dust on stem surface.
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Pythium spp. (blackeyes)
damage
Identification tip: Blackeye bean stem tissue dries
out, becomes sunken, and turns tan to brown in color when
infected. |
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Fusarium root rot damage
Identification tip: Brick-red lesions of variable
size on belowground stems, tap roots; red lesions turn
brown; small red flecks under scraped lesion surface.
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Fusarium wilt (of blackeyes)
damage
Identification tip: Pale green, flaccid leaves
turn yellow and drop off; brown
discoloration in center of root, stem, and some branches
(seen when sliced). |
Nematode damage
Identification tip: Wilted and stunted plant has
root galls (right) compared to healthy plant (left).
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| Yellowing,
mottled, distorted leaves |
Alfalfa mosaic virus
Identification tip: Yellow leaf mottling.
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Bean yellow mosaic virus damage
Identification tip: Infected leaves bright yellow
to green mosaic, or mottled; leaves distorted, cupped downward,
and wrinkled; differs from bean common mosaic virus symptoms,
which cause light and dark green mosaic leaf patterns. |
Bean common mosaic virus
Identification tip: Green-yellow and dark green
mosaic pattern on leaves; discoloration usually accompanied
by puckering, blistering, distortion, downward curling.
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| Leaves
with holes; skeletonized leaves |
Armyworm young larva and
damage
Identification tip: Newly hatched larva scrapes leaf tissue, "skeletonizing" leaf.
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Armyworm older larva and
damage
Identification tip: Older larva chews large sections
of leaves. |
Loopers damage
Identification tip: Chew holes in mature leaves.
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Cucumber beetle adult
and damage
Identification tip: Chews holes in leaves.
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Saltmarsh caterpillar young
larvae and damage
Identification tip: Young larvae feed in groups, chewing
holes in leaves. Older larvae (not pictured here) feed individually. |
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| Leaves
with mines |
Leafminer damage
Identification
tip: Wavy tan leaf mines in surface of bean leaves.
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Curled
leaves |
Aphid damage
Identification
tip: Curled, sticky, and shiny leaves, sometimes with
black sooty mold.
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Cowpea aphid adults
Identification tip: Shiny black. Legs and antennae
white to pale-yellow with black tips. |
Bean aphid adults
Identification tip: Slightly larger than the cowpea
aphid; dark olive green to black with light-colored legs.
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