Eggplant. Diseases and pests

Eggplant is grown not only in regions with a warm climate. Practically throughout the whole territory of Russia they learned to cultivate such a vegetable culture as eggplant. Diseases and pests cause irreparable harm to this plant. If you do not fight them, the crop may completely die.

Diseases and pests of eggplant

The climatic conditions on the territory of Russia in different regions are significantly different. But this does not stop the truckers, and they grow exotic plants on their sites. Eggplant has become a habitual vegetable in the garden even in the northern regions, although the cultivation of this crop there is mainly produced in greenhouses. Ogorodniki have learned to grow practically in any climatic conditions on their plots of eggplant. Diseases and pests of this plant are capable of destroying up to a third of a possible crop. Consider the most common pests of this culture.

Eggplant pests

One of the most dangerous pests of eggplants is aphids. This insect appears on leaves, flowers and stems and sucks the juice of the plant. It should be noted that aphids usually appear where there are garden ants that cultivate aphids, transfer it from one plant to another, because they feed on sweet sticky secretions of these parasites and thus make for themselves a nutritional reserve. Therefore, the struggle against ants should go simultaneously with the destruction of aphids. Before planting, you can treat the places of their accumulation with hot boiling water or ash, and from aphids use carbofos according to the instructions.

Spider mites also feed on plant juice. He sits on the underside of the sheet, Forming a spider web around you, you can see it. The tick itself is much more difficult to notice, it is very small. The aubergine leaves, infected with a spider mite, become spotty. To control this pest, you can use infusion of onion or dandelion, adding a little liquid soap. These infusions can be used even in the phase of fruit formation.

Naked slugs can damage not only the leaves, but also the fruits themselves. To combat them, we must timely weed and treat the soil around plants with salt, ash, red pepper or tobacco dust - any means that irritates the naked abdomen slugs. They just can not get to the plant.

Illnesses of eggplant

Diseases and pests of this vegetable culture are widespread almost everywhere. In regions with a hot and dry climate, the eggplant often suffers from fusarium and withered wilt. This fungal disease, so the affected plants are better to remove, and for prevention do not apply too thickened plantings, as well as use hybrids that are resistant to these diseases. With this kind of fungal attack, the plant withers, it is extremely difficult to cure it, since not only the root, but the entire plant system suffers as well.

A black leg can also affect young eggplant plants and seedlings. This disease occurs with a reduced temperature regime and increased humidity. If only the first signs of a black leg appeared (the stem on the border with the soil becomes somewhat thinner and darker), then the plant can still be saved. To do this, watering is stopped, the soil is loosened, and the next watering is carried out only after the soil dries well. Overmoistening does not like eggplant. Diseases of seedlings (photo), rather their signs, look this way.

Stolbur is a disease, the causative agent of which is the phytoplasma. The main carrier of it are the leafhoppers. Signs - the plant is low, with violet leaves, corrugated and thickened at the top, the flowers develop, but the fruits do not tie. Prevention - keeping the plantings clean. The drug "Actellik" will help reduce the number of carriers of the pathogen causative agent, dangerous not only for such a vegetable culture as eggplant. Diseases and pests will not damage your planting if you take timely preventive measures. Have a good harvest!