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Sat, Sep 29, 12 at 16:39
| This is happening on 2 plants at the same time. They still grow and 1 will open a flower soon, but the leaves look very distorted and skinny. They still grow. The leaves are not showing mosaic pattern so far. Any ideas? I suspect a virus. My neighbors have a tree with those leaves since months in their garden. Might have transferred through white flies. What can I do about this? |
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| I suspect pesticide drift. 30 years ago I monitored drift from a canefield on the Big Island to Maui, confirmed by the U of H Extension. Pesticides cause leaves to resemble a distorted clenched hand. |
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| Thanks for your suggestion. The sweet potatoes plant growing right underneath the papaya doesn't show any similar signs. I do have neighbors spraying for regular garden maintenance, but the plants are not very close and quite protected through hegdes. I do believe it's papaya ringspot virus. The images of "shoestring" leaves resemble mine. Is there a cure for it? |
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| Not ruling out the pesticide drift though. My neighbors papaya is starting to show regular leaves. I will keep monitoring this closely. |
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- Posted by greenman62 none (My Page) on Wed, Oct 17, 12 at 20:22
| I dont think ringspot looks like this. you can check here though... http://www.google.com/search?q=ring+spot+virus+papaya+leaf&hl=en&prmd= imvns&source=lnms&tbm=isch i have read that boron deficiency will do this. I think the over-watering caused a boron deficiency, good luck, i luv papaya! |
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