leaf burn
Sun-damaged plant tissue
Leaf burn is damage to plant foliage caused by excessive heat, sunlight, chemicals, or fertilizer salts.
The affected tissue typically turns brown or crispy at the edges or tips: The tomato plants showed leaf burn after the heat wave.
Also called leaf scorch.
Gardeners watch for it as a sign of environmental stress or overfeeding.
- scorchBurn superficially
- wiltLose vigor, sag
- browningFood darkening when cooked
- crispyBrittle and snapping
- sun damageHarm from UV exposure
too much sun · direct sunlight · fertilizer · edges · tips · chlorosis · drought · dry soil · heat stress · curling · yellowing · necrosis · sunscald · salt damage · dehydration · photodamage · singe · withered
- fertilizer effectsplant growth, crop yield, soil fertility, root growth, micronutrients
- plant problemsroot rot, iron deficiency, calcium deficiency, wilting, potassium deficiency
- crop damagecrop loss, crop failure, root damage, stunted growth, wilting
- plant damagewilt, chlorosis, necrosis, rot, scorch
- Plant Pollutionozone damage, chlorosis, necrosis, crop damage, yellowing
- plant stressheat stress, wilting, chlorosis, necrosis, frost damage
temperature/environmental damage type
leaf burnfrost damage
Harm from ice formation
frost bite · ice damage · winter kill · cold burn · winter burn
leaf, burn, leaves, leafy, leaflet, leafed, leafless, burns, burned