Symptoms on Pepper and Chilli

• Organs attacked  :

• Symptoms :
  • Yellowing plants, often showing reduced growth, sometimes with shorter internodal apices (figures 1 and 2).
  • Deformed and discolored leaves: smaller, rolled up, rather yellow (figure 3), sometimes and/or purplish (anthocyanin).
  • Leaf blade sometimes thicker.
  • Flowers sometimes showing morphological aberrations.
  • Rare fruits with reduced growth.

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• Signs  : no visible signs, confirm the possible presence of vectors.
• Possible confusion : herbicidal phytotoxicity, nutritional disorder, asphyxiation, etc.

• Production areas affected :

• Phytoplasmas reported on pepper :