Eggplant diseases

Eggplant — 6 diseases with symptoms, causes and treatment.

• Insect pest damage on eggplant — symptoms and treatment medium

  Holes in eggplant leaves, chewed edges, frass on the foliage or sudden wilting? Identify the insect pest behind the damage — pictures, causes and treatment.

• Leaf spot on eggplant — symptoms and treatment medium

  Circular brown or tan spots with concentric rings on eggplant leaves, yellowing and premature leaf drop? Leaf spot — see pictures, causes and treatment.

• Mosaic virus on eggplant — symptoms and treatment high

  Mottled light and dark green leaves, curling and stunted growth on eggplant? Mosaic virus is spread by aphids — see pictures, causes and treatment options.

• Phomopsis blight on eggplant — symptoms and treatment medium

  Brown circular spots on eggplant leaves, stem cankers and a pale soft rot on the fruit? Phomopsis blight — see pictures, causes and treatment options.

• Verticillium wilt on eggplant — symptoms and treatment high

  One-sided yellowing, wilting leaves and brown streaks inside the stem? Verticillium wilt on eggplant — see pictures, causes and treatment that actually works.

• White mold on eggplant — symptoms and treatment high

  White cottony growth and soft watery rot on eggplant stems, with hard black sclerotia hiding inside the stem? White mold — see pictures, causes and treatment.