Black Leaf Plant Disease. Bacterial leaf spot usually affects plants of the ornamental type and basil derivatives like the purple basil, african blue basil, christmas basil, holy basil. Throw infected plant material in the trash.
Getting rid of black leaf spot takes a lot of diligence, but in the end, the rewards are worth it. It is a disease of the bacterial type and it is typically infected by a pathogen known as psedomonas cichorii. Here are some of the more common leaf problems.
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Click on the links where appropriate to find out even more about prevention and control. There is an easy way of identifying this kind of common plant disease by looking for small and dark spots that are raised occurring on leaves of plants. Do not compost it to help keep the disease from spreading. Black spot is caused by fungus.