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2021 Florida Plant Disease Management Guide: Eggplant

Shouan Zhang, Geoffrey Meru, Kenneth Pernezny, andAaron Palmateer


Release Date: 9/2/2025

DOI: 10.32473/edis-pg047-2022

Agriculture

Abstract

Summarizes specific common diseases affecting eggplant production in Florida, with symptoms and cultural controls.

About this Publication

This document is PDMG-V3-39, one of a series of the Department of Plant Pathology, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date July 1998. Revised December 2005, January 2022, and April 2025. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

How to Cite

Zhang, S., Meru, G., Pernezny, K., & Palmateer, A. (2022). 2021 Florida Plant Disease Management Guide: Eggplant. EDIS, 2022(1). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-pg047-2022

Authors

Shouan Zhang
Shouan Zhang
Specialist
University of Florida

professor, vegetable and tropical fruit disease management, Department of Plant Pathology, UF/IFAS Tropical Research and Education Center, Homestead, FL

Geoffrey Meru
Geoffrey Meru
Specialist
University of Florida

associate professor, vegetable breeding, genetics and genomics, Department of Horticultural Sciences, UF/IFAS Tropical Research and Education Center

Kenneth Pernezny
Kenneth Pernezny
Specialist
University of Florida

professor emeritus, Department of Plant Pathology, UF/IFAS Everglades Research and Education Center

Aaron Palmateer
Aaron Palmateer
Specialist
University of Florida

courtesy professor, former associate professor of ornamental pathology, Department of Plant Pathology, UF/IFAS Tropical Research and Education Center

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