New Mexico Chile Task Force

Diseases

Disease ID & Management
Specialists
Diseases Testing Labs
Resources

Fungicides: You must read and follow label directions. If in doubt, contact your crop consultant, NMDA, or NMSU.

Disease ID & Management:

Powdery Mildew	Bacterial Leaf Spot Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria
Phytophthora Root Rot Pytophthora capsici	Verticillium wilt Verticillium dahliae
Alfalfa Mosaic Virus	Pepper Mottle Virus
Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus (TSWV)	Cucumber Mosaic Virus
Tobacco Mosaic Virus	Mixed Virus Infection
Beet Curly Top Virus (BCTV)	Herbicide Injury
Salt Injury	Cercospora Leaf Spot Cercospora capsici
Anthracnose, or Ripe Rot Colletotrichum spp.	Bacterial Soft Rot Erwinia carotovora pv. carotovora
Blossom-End Rot	Sunburn
Hail Injury	Phytophthora Pod Rot Phytophthora capsici
Wind Injury	Seedling Disease, or Damping Off
Rhizoctonia Root Rot Rhizoctonia solani

Specialists:

Natalie Goldberg
NMSU - Cooperative Extension Service
PO Box 30003, MSC 3AE Las Cruces NM 88003
EMAIL: ngoldber@nmsu.edu
PHONE: 505-646-1621
WEB PAGE:http://www.nmsu.edu/~plantsci/faculty/Natalie%20Goldberg.htm

Disease Testing Labs:

NMSU Extension Plant Diagnostic
Gabe Ludwig
Lab (Diseases)
Corner of College and Knox,
Skeen Hall W242A
Las Cruces, NM 88003
Business: (505) 646-1965
E-mail: eppdc@nmsu.edu

Resources:

Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus H-242 by Natalie P. Goldberg, Extension Plant Pathologist
For HTML version
For PDF version
Chile Pepper Diseases - by Natalie P. Goldberg, Extension Plant Pathologist