05-21-2007, 02:02 PM
Not enough of a description to be definitive but some candidates are Fusarium and Verticillium wilt, the VF you find on the labels of nursery plants. You can find a description and some pictures at: http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/3000/3122.html
Plants that have the VF have been bred to be resistant and if you have one of those, a third candidate is Tobacco Mosaic Virus. Tobacco, tomato, peppers and egg plants are all members of the solanacae family and are susceptible. The virus is sometimes spread by smokers with contaminated cigarettes by touching a plant. If it is the virus, burn the plant or bury it in some out of the way place and don't put it is a compost pile.
A recommended practice is to group plantings of the solanaceae family and to rotate it to different places every season.
Plants that have the VF have been bred to be resistant and if you have one of those, a third candidate is Tobacco Mosaic Virus. Tobacco, tomato, peppers and egg plants are all members of the solanacae family and are susceptible. The virus is sometimes spread by smokers with contaminated cigarettes by touching a plant. If it is the virus, burn the plant or bury it in some out of the way place and don't put it is a compost pile.
A recommended practice is to group plantings of the solanaceae family and to rotate it to different places every season.
Larry