Leaves
Stalks
RHUBARB -
Rheum rhaponticum
AFFECTING LEAVES:
CONDITION
CAUSE
Yellow, curling leaf margins, wilted plants
Leaf hoppers
Yellow leaves, slow growth
Nitrogen deficiency
Wilting, yellow leaves, marginal leaf browning
Verticillium wilt
(
Verticillium
spp.)
Small, round, brown spots on leaves
Fungal disease
AFFECTING STALKS:
CONDITION
CAUSE
Holes chewed in stalks
Worms, including
European corn borer
(
Ostrinia nubilalis
) and
Imported Cabbage worm
(
Pieris rapae
Missoula County Extension Office; Missoula, Montana 59808 - Updated for 2006