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Root Rots

A number of fungal diseases exist in the soil and attack the roots of plants. Symptoms vary between the particular fungi and each crop. Affected plants wilt and lack thrift, leaves yellow and fall, and eventually the plant collapses and dies.

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Aphids

Aphids are one of the most common pests in the garden, which attack a wide range of plants. There are a number of different species of varying colour (black, brown, grey, green, mealy, white) each of which attack specific hosts at different times of the year.

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Fungal diseases causing Mildews and Rusts

These diseases are grouped together because they all produce visible moulds, mildews or rusts, which are the fruiting bodies of the attacking fungus. The fungal pathogens causing mildews and rusts are spread mainly by wind and rain, but can also be spread by insects or are seed-borne.

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