Common pest and
diseases in Bell pepper
This is from my subject crpt 2. Bell pepper, also
known as sweet pepper or a pepper (in the United
Kingdom and Ireland) and capsicum (in India, Australia
and New Zealand), is a cultivar group of the
species Capsicum annuum. Cultivars of the
plant produce fruits in different colors, including red, yellow, orange, green,
chocolate/brown, vanilla/white, and purple. Bell peppers are sometimes grouped
with less pungent pepper varieties as "sweet peppers".
Peppers are native to Mexico,
Central America and northern South America. Pepper seeds were later carried to
Spain in 1493 and from there spread to other European, African and Asian
countries. Today, China is the world's largest pepper producer, followed by Mexico
and Indonesia.
Ideal growing conditions for bell peppers include warm soil,
ideally 21 to 29 °C (70 to 84 °F), that is kept moist but not
waterlogged. Bell peppers are sensitive to an abundance of moisture and
excessive temperatures.
Common pests and diseases
of bell pepper
Blossom-end rot
- lack of calcium in enlarging
fruits.
Viruses - Cucumber
Mosaic, Potato Y and X, Tobacco Mosaic and Tobacco Etch
Bacterial spot - Xanthomonas
campestris pv.vesicatoria
Root knots - caused
by nematodes
Curling leaves -
caused by aphids
Blights and wilts - Phytophthora blight, Fusarium wilt and
southern blight
Greenhouse Whitefly
Armyworms
Cyclamen Mites
European Corn Borer
