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Sunscald (Vegetables)

Plants overexposed to direct sunlight can develop sunscald. Fruit can turn light brown or leathery and develop sunken areas. Leaves may appear scorched or discolored. Any practice that helps maintain sufficient leaf cover on plants will limit sunscald.

Sunburned bleached corn leaf, Davis Community Garden. by JKC    Credit: Jack Kelly Clark, UC IPM
Burned corn leaf. Credit: Jack Kelly Clark, UC IPM
Sunburned necrotic spotted bean leaves, Davis Community Garden. by JKC    Credit: Jack Kelly Clark, UC IPM
Scalded bean leaf. Credit: Jack Kelly Clark, UC IPM
Sunburned cabbage head with necrotic leaves, Davis Community Garden. by JKC   Credit: Jack Kelly Clark, UC IPM
Scorched cabbage. Credit: Jack Kelly Clark, UC IPM
Sunburned bell pepper with necrotic spot on fruit, Davis Community Garden. by JKC   Credit: Jack Kelly Clark, UC IPM
Sunburned pepper. Credit: Jack Kelly Clark, UC IPM
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