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| TSWV leaf spots |
There are many plant diseases that make growing tomatoes a challenge
in the southeast. One of the worst is tomato spotted wilt virus
(TSWV). First found in our region in the mid 1990’s, this disease is
different from most tomato diseases because it is caused by a virus
rather than a fungus or bacteria. In addition, unlike most viruses,
TSWV kills the plants it infects and it has started showing up on
tomato plants in our area in the past few weeks. Few other diseases are currently active on tomatoes, so if your plants start to
develop spots on the leaves odds are they have TSWV.
Learn more about the symptoms of this disease, how it is spread, and which tomato varieties are resistant by reading the whole article on the Pender Extension website: http://pender.ces.ncsu.edu/index.php?page=news&ci=LAWN+130
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