Dr. Phyto

tea plant

Camellia sinensis

Diseases & pests on this plant

• blister blight of teaExobasidium vexans

  Pale translucent blister-like spots on young tea leaves (the diagnostic primary symptom), spots turn into raised silver-grey waxy patches on leaf undersides with corresponding sunken yellow patches on upper surfaces, severely infected shoots distorted + unsuitable for picking, leaf drop in heavy attacks.

• two-spotted spider miteTetranychus urticae

  Yellow stippling on upper leaf surface, fine webbing.

• anthracnoseColletotrichum gloeosporioides

  Dark brown to black sunken spots on leaves often with concentric rings, spots expand + coalesce into irregular blotches, severely infected leaves drop, branch dieback in heavy attacks, pink-orange spore masses produced on lesions in moist conditions.

• brown soft scaleCoccus hesperidum

  Flat oval brown-tan scales (3-5mm) on undersides of leaves + along stems, sticky honeydew dripping onto floor or lower leaves, black sooty mould growing on the honeydew, leaf yellowing + drop in heavy infestations, ants attracted to honeydew.