Pests and Diseases

Anthracnose
Information and photograph of leaves affected by this fungal disease caused by Colletotrichum nicotianae.
http://www.forestryimages.org/browse/detail.cfm?imgnum=1402008

Damping Off
Photograph of lesions caused by Thanatephorus cucumeris on a tobacco leaf.
http://www.forestryimages.org/browse/detail.cfm?imgnum=0027056

Fusarium Wilt
Photograph of tobacco plants infected by Fusarium oxysporum sp. nicotianae and a description of the symptoms.
http://www.forestryimages.org/browse/detail.cfm?imgnum=1402044

Insect Management in Flue-cured Tobacco
Insects can cause considerable damage to this crop. This article explains how they can be controlled in the field and lists possible pesticides with their application guidelines.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/IG066

Kentucky Blue Mold Warning System
An advisory system on tobacco blue mold.
http://www.uky.edu/Agriculture/kpn/kyblue/kyblue.htm

Pythium Root Rot
Photograph of the stems of young tobacco plants affected with Pythium spp. causing damping off.
http://www.forestryimages.org/browse/detail.cfm?imgnum=1233227

Rhizoctonia solani
Photograph of the base of the stem of a tobacco plant infected with this fungus, a condition also known as Rhizoctonia target spot or sore shin.
http://www.forestryimages.org/browse/detail.cfm?imgnum=1402050

Southern Bacterial Wilt
Photographs of tobacco plants infected by Pseudomonas solanacearum and a desciption of the symptoms.
http://www.forestryimages.org/browse/detail.cfm?imgnum=1402041

Southern Bacterial Wilt: Pseudomonas solanacearum
Photograph of lesions on the stem of a tobacco plant and a description of the symptoms.
http://www.forestryimages.org/browse/detail.cfm?imgnum=1436048

Southern Blight
Photograph of lesions caused by Sclerotium rolfsii at the base of the stem of a tobacco plant and a description of the symptoms.
http://www.forestryimages.org/browse/detail.cfm?imgnum=1402047

Southern Blight: Sclerotium rolfsii
Photograph of an affected young tobacco plant and a description of the symptoms.
http://www.forestryimages.org/browse/detail.cfm?imgnum=1402046

Tobacco
Photograph showing how washing hands in milk before transplanting the crop reduced the incidence of tobacco mosaic virus.
http://www.apsnet.org/online/Archive/1998/tmv31.htm

Tobacco Disease Control
From the University of Georgia, brief and fairly technical presentation on blue mold, black shank, brown spot, fusarium wilt, and other diseases of the tobacco plant, and control of those diseases. [PDF]
http://commodities.caes.uga.edu/fieldcrops/tobacco/handbook/Sect3Disease.pdf

Tobacco Flea Beetle: Epitrix hirtipennis
A description of this species with photographs and details of its hosts, damage done, life cycle and control.
http://www.gaipm.org/top50/tobaccoflea.html

Tobacco Nematode Management
Information on the species that attack tobacco, their diagnosis and management, including nematicides recommended for this crop.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/NG019

Tobacco Whitefly: EC Listed Diseases
Photographs and information on this insect including its distribution, sources, description and lifestyle, damage done and pest status.
http://www.defra.gov.uk/planth/pestpics/qic6.htm

Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus
Images of tobacco leaves illustrating the suppressive effect of using acibenzolar-S-methyl, and information on this virus, which not only affects tomatoes but other crops as well.
http://www.apsnet.org/online/Archive/2003/IW000022.asp