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Paul Bachi, University of Kentucky Research and Education Center, Bugwood.org
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Image Number: 5368977

catfacing

Photographer:
Paul Bachi
Organization:
University of Kentucky Research and Education Center
Descriptor:
Symptoms
Description:
Symptoms at stem end. Catfacing symptoms are associated with adverse growing conditions during blossoming; the adverse conditions result in poor pollination, which leads to irregularly shaped fruit. Catface symptoms are most often seen in large-fruited, fresh market varieties (although other varieties can also be affected) and are associated with disturbances in flower production such as low temperature injury 3 weeks before flowers are mature, especially in early plantings, but also with injury from growth regulators such as 2,4-d. Pruning and high nitrogen can also aggravate the problem.
Image type:
Laboratory
Host:
garden tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.)

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Subject

Kingdom: Other damage agents
Phylum:
Class: Other damage agents
Order: Unknown
Family: Unknown cause
Subject: catfacing

Host

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Asteridae
Order: Solanales
Family: Solanaceae
Genus: Solanum
Subject: Solanum lycopersicum L.
Node Affiliation:
Bugwood - UGA
Image uploaded:
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Image last updated:
Monday, November 3, 2008