How-to Control Vegetable Pests & Diseases
Vegetable gardening is a fulfilling pastime, but it’s not without its challenges. Vegetable pests and diseases can take over your plot quickly, so learn how to get rid of these pesky interlopers before they strike your crop.
Below you’ll find an overview of the most common vegetable pests and diseases. Click on the images to get more information about every single one of them. See which vegetable plants are affected and how to get rid of pests and diseases to protect your harvest.
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Most Common Vegetable Pests
Some burrow under the soil, while others set up shop on your lettuce leaves. Regardless of where they roost, vegetable pests can do a lot of damage if left unchecked, so it’s important to identify and treat them quickly to save your crop.
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Aphids
110 vegetables affected -
Flea beetles
65 vegetables affected -
Slugs
50 vegetables affected -
Cutworms
49 vegetables affected -
Leafhoppers
35 vegetables affected -
Cabbage root maggots
32 vegetables affected -
Snails
26 vegetables affected -
Cabbage worms
26 vegetables affected -
Colorado potato beetles
26 vegetables affected -
Whiteflies
21 vegetables affected -
Cabbage aphids
20 vegetables affected -
Cabbage loopers
18 vegetables affected -
Leafminers
18 vegetables affected -
Striped cucumber beetles
14 vegetables affected -
Wireworms
14 vegetables affected -
Squash vine borers
13 vegetables affected -
Tomato hornworms
12 vegetables affected -
Nematodes
12 vegetables affected -
Tarnished plant bugs
10 vegetables affected -
Seedcorn maggots
10 vegetables affected -
Birds
9 vegetables affected -
Onion maggots
9 vegetables affected -
Asparagus beetles
9 vegetables affected -
Borers
8 vegetables affected -
Carrot rust flies
7 vegetables affected -
Carrot weevils
7 vegetables affected -
Squash bugs
7 vegetables affected -
Stink bugs
7 vegetables affected -
Thrips
6 vegetables affected -
Two-spotted spider mites
6 vegetables affected -
Spotted cucumber beetles
6 vegetables affected -
Mexican bean beetles
5 vegetables affected -
Spider mites
5 vegetables affected -
Mice
5 vegetables affected -
Weevils
3 vegetables affected -
Corn earworms
3 vegetables affected -
Ants
3 vegetables affected -
Voles
3 vegetables affected -
Scales
2 vegetables affected -
Mealybugs
2 vegetables affected -
European corn borers
2 vegetables affected -
Caterpillars
2 vegetables affected -
Cotton bollworm (helicoverpa armigera)
2 vegetables affected -
Acalles barbarus (weevil)
1 vegetables affected -
Mirids
1 vegetables affected -
Bean pod-borers
1 vegetables affected -
Loopers
1 vegetables affected -
Bean fly
1 vegetables affected -
Bean leaf beetles
1 vegetables affected -
Soybean aphids
1 vegetables affected -
Green cloverworms
1 vegetables affected -
Stem borers
1 vegetables affected -
Sqaush bugs
1 vegetables affected -
Bean beetles
1 vegetables affected -
Asphondylia cappari
1 vegetables affected -
Calocoris memorali
1 vegetables affected -
Cydia capparidana
1 vegetables affected -
Eurydema ventralis
1 vegetables affected -
Black swallowtail larvae
1 vegetables affected -
Celery fly larvae
1 vegetables affected -
Purslane sawflies
1 vegetables affected -
Glasshouse red spiders
1 vegetables affected -
Celery leafminer
1 vegetables affected -
Alfalfa looper larvae
1 vegetables affected -
Cabbage looper larvae
1 vegetables affected -
Deer
1 vegetables affected -
Rabbits
1 vegetables affected -
Waterfowl
1 vegetables affected -
Beetles
1 vegetables affected -
Squash vine borer
1 vegetables affected -
Locusts
1 vegetables affected -
Rodents
1 vegetables affected -
Pod-sucking bugs
1 vegetables affected -
Cabbage root flies
1 vegetables affected -
Black flies
1 vegetables affected -
Pea and bean weevils
1 vegetables affected -
Broad bean seed beetles
1 vegetables affected -
Root maggots
1 vegetables affected -
Black grass bugs
1 vegetables affected -
Mustard beetles
1 vegetables affected -
Crane fly larvae
1 vegetables affected -
Mites
1 vegetables affected
Most Common Vegetable Diseases
After prepping the soil and planting your veggies, you may feel like you’re in the clear. But many common plant plights can still strike throughout the season, so be ready to combat fungi and bacteria with everything from natural fungicides to crop rotation.
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Clubroot
32 vegetables affected -
Downy mildew
30 vegetables affected -
Scab
29 vegetables affected -
Blossom-end rot
27 vegetables affected -
Powdery mildew
26 vegetables affected -
Late blight
25 vegetables affected -
Early blight
25 vegetables affected -
Fusarium wilt
22 vegetables affected -
Black rot
18 vegetables affected -
Purple blotch
17 vegetables affected -
Rust
16 vegetables affected -
Leaf spots
16 vegetables affected -
Blackleg
16 vegetables affected -
Cucumber mosaic virus
15 vegetables affected -
Bacterial wilt
14 vegetables affected -
Verticillium wilt
14 vegetables affected -
Mosaic virus
13 vegetables affected -
Catface
12 vegetables affected -
Cabbage yellows
10 vegetables affected -
Damping off
10 vegetables affected -
Viruses
9 vegetables affected -
Anthracnose
9 vegetables affected -
Crown rot
9 vegetables affected -
Fusarium
8 vegetables affected -
Aster yellow disease
7 vegetables affected -
Alternaria
7 vegetables affected -
Bacterial blights
6 vegetables affected -
Bacteria
6 vegetables affected -
White mold
6 vegetables affected -
Stem rot
5 vegetables affected -
Bean common mosaic virus
5 vegetables affected -
Fungi
5 vegetables affected -
Wilts
4 vegetables affected -
Ascochyta blight
4 vegetables affected -
Root rots
3 vegetables affected -
Cercospora leaf spot (cercospora kikuchii)
3 vegetables affected -
Seed decay
3 vegetables affected -
Seedling root rots
3 vegetables affected -
Black leg
3 vegetables affected -
Celery mosaic virus
2 vegetables affected -
Botrytis leaf blight (botrytis squamosa)
2 vegetables affected -
Smut
2 vegetables affected -
Stem canker
2 vegetables affected -
Blackheart
2 vegetables affected -
Turnip mosaic virus
2 vegetables affected -
Leaf blights
2 vegetables affected -
Blight
2 vegetables affected -
Rhizoctonia root rot
1 vegetables affected -
Phytophthora
1 vegetables affected -
Soybean rust
1 vegetables affected -
Septoria brown spot (septoria glycines)
1 vegetables affected -
Bacterial pustule
1 vegetables affected -
Frogeye leaf spot
1 vegetables affected -
Soybean mosaic
1 vegetables affected -
Caper latent carlavirus
1 vegetables affected -
Caper vein yellowing virus
1 vegetables affected -
Albugo capparidis
1 vegetables affected -
Aschochyta capparidis
1 vegetables affected -
Botrytis cinerea (gray mold)
1 vegetables affected -
Camarosporium suseganense
1 vegetables affected -
Cercospora capparidis
1 vegetables affected -
Cloeosporium hians
1 vegetables affected -
Hendersonia rupestris
1 vegetables affected -
Leptosphaeria capparidis
1 vegetables affected -
Phoma cappa
1 vegetables affected -
Crook rot (spongospora nasturtii)
1 vegetables affected -
Fungal wilt
1 vegetables affected -
Mildew
1 vegetables affected -
Black stem
1 vegetables affected -
Other fungal diseases
1 vegetables affected -
Fungal leaf spots
1 vegetables affected -
Curly top
1 vegetables affected -
Sclerotinia stem rot (white mold)
1 vegetables affected -
Soft rot
1 vegetables affected -
Erwinia wilt
1 vegetables affected -
Pseudomonas wilt
1 vegetables affected -
White rot
1 vegetables affected -
Mycoses
1 vegetables affected -
Grey mold
1 vegetables affected -
Bacterial stem rot
1 vegetables affected -
Ashley stem blight
1 vegetables affected -
Bacterial blight (xanthomonas vignicola)
1 vegetables affected -
Cotton root rot
1 vegetables affected -
Pythium seed rot
1 vegetables affected -
Marginal yellowing and burning of leaves
1 vegetables affected -
Pod and stem blight
1 vegetables affected -
Root knot
1 vegetables affected -
Seedling disease
1 vegetables affected -
Southern blight
1 vegetables affected -
Fungal leaf rot
1 vegetables affected -
Chocolate spot
1 vegetables affected -
Broad bean rust
1 vegetables affected -
White blister
1 vegetables affected -
Sweet potato scurf
1 vegetables affected -
Celery leaf spot
1 vegetables affected
