• Click beetles

  the roots and bore into the base of plants. This can cause the plants to wilt and die. Damage is more severe in young plants. Life cycle and appearance

• Southern blight

  pathogen that inhabits the soil, and is responsible for root and stem rot, wilting and damping-off of seedlings. It has a wide range of hosts, around 500 botanical [...] yellowing. Severely affected plants present girdling of the stem, which causes wilting of the upper part, necrosis, loss of leaves, and death of the plant. Symptoms

• Bacterial soft rot, bacterial stem rot

  bacterial stem rot as well as soft rot. Stem rot is first noticed when plants wilt at the time of first harvest or after that. The pith disintegrates and the

• Tea spider mite

  results in reduced photosynthetic activity of leaves, subsequently leaves wilt and defoliation occurs due to increased transpiration and moisture loss.

• Blight of pepper

  small roots die and brown-black lesions occur on the larger roots. Plants wilt and the crown leaves drop off. Life cycle and appearance of Blight of pepper

• Onion thrips

  (Thrips tabaci) has been identified as an important vector of tomato spotted wilt virus. Life cycle and appearance of Onion thrips Onion thrips (Thrips tabaci)

• Fusarium head blight or scab

  wounded or stressed host plants. Damage symptoms Fusarium fungi cause vascular wilt, root rot, foot and stem rot, leaf lesions, fruit rot, fusarium head blight

• Apple collar rot

  leaves, dark brown, irregular lesions occur. In strawberry, the heart leaves wilt first, then the whole plant. Life cycle and appearance of Apple collar rot

• Wheat bunt

  during that period. Soil moisture between field capacity and permanent wilting point is best for infection. How to prevent Wheat bunt Use resistant cultivars

• Cutworms

  of young seedlings, often causing death of the cut seedlings. Sometimes wilting is observed because of partial cutting. A larva often cuts one plant and