Transcript sick plants
sick
plants
Image acknowledgements:
Pests and Diseases Image Library (PaDIL) http://www.padil.gov.au
CSIRO Department of Entomology
scabs
Scabs feel bumpy
and rough and look
brown.
They can be found
on leaves, stems
and fruit.
spots
Spots can be
different colours
and sizes.
They normally occur
on leaves.
rots
Rots can turn the
fruits and stem
soft and mushy.
They can be different
colours.
Rots can smell bad.
discoloured leaves
In some sick
plants, the
leaves change
colour from
green to yellow
or brown.
curled leaves
In some sick plants,
the leaves can curl
up.
cankers
Cankers are dark
spots that appear
on the bark of
trees
The cankers
sometimes split
open and sap
oozes out.
chewed leaves
These leaves have
been eaten by a
pest.
damaged bark
Many pests can
damage the bark
of trees.
damaged fruit and seeds
Pests can leave holes
in fruit and seeds.