a couple notes I had on plant diseases. My problem is that none of these diseases fit the photo given. If someone can show me a site that matches that I really would like to know. Rhizoctonia fruit rot is normally associated with tomatoes sitting on the ground. And a soil disease. The following site is a Calif seed testing comapany that test seeds for the following seed borne diseases. Plus others. http://www.calspl.com/ Phytophthora capsici; blight Phytophthora infestans; late blight Phytophthora spp.; Buck eye rot Alternaria; alternata stem canker, black mold Alternaria solani; early blight Alternaria; tomato nail head spot Phythium, I found a few sites that say this disease can be seed borne in sugar beets and beans. Why not tomaotes ?? If you go to this site and type in Phythium rot you can find it. Ohio fact sheet http://www.hcs.ohio-state.edu/factsheet.html