Wanna see some Tomato Spotted Wilt? (should I pull?)

CLa · April 13, 2007

I think this is probably TSW, please let me know if I'm wrong. The Cherokee Purple in the center has it. Flamm on the left, Caspian Pink on the right, have no sign of it and look good.
Also notice the stem also has some dark stuff developing on it.

Also I remember in the TSW post above someone mentioning that it is common to see infected tips, which is what I am seeing. New leaves growing with the infection....

So... should I pull this plant now? Only CP I have at the moment in the ground. My Cherokee Green looks fine by the way.

feldon30 · April 13, 2007

It's so irritating that 80% of the pictures returned by a Google search for Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus are something else. And the other 20% are awful pictures that are useless for diagnosis.

I would check the pictures in the TSWV sticky thread here at T'ville:
http://www.tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=1519&page=2

These are two of the best pics I've seen, which help distinguish the purple flecking of TSWV from Bacterial Spot or Speck, Alternaria Canker, and Septoria Leaf Spot which even in the best pictures can be confused.

April 13, 2007	#2
feldon30 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 5,346	It's so irritating that 80% of the pictures returned by a Google search for Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus are something else. And the other 20% are awful pictures that are useless for diagnosis. I would check the pictures in the TSWV sticky thread here at T'ville: http://www.tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=1519&page=2 These are two of the best pics I've seen, which help distinguish the purple flecking of TSWV from Bacterial Spot or Speck, Alternaria Canker, and Septoria Leaf Spot which even in the best pictures can be confused.