New photo gallery: Phytophthora blight on eggplant

Symptoms of Phytophthora blight on eggplant include leaf spots that can be large, fruit rot, crown rot, and dieback of the growing tip.  Plants with the last two symptoms often die.

This disease has been more commonly found in cucurbit crops (especially pumpkin and squashes) and peppers.  Other susceptible crops are tomato and snap bean.

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