Description
Purple or yellow banding on the young leaves at emergence, called color banding, is an environmental problem caused by warm days with cool nights. Seedlings will become cold tolerant and symptoms will fade.
Diagnostic image
Photo credits
Jim Shroyer, KSU Extension
DELETE Symptoms
Purple or yellow banding on young leaves
DELETE Causes
Warm days with cool nights
Production period
Preharvest
Crop type