List of cucurbit diseases
This article is a list of diseases of cucurbits (Citrullus spp., Cucumis spp., Cucurbita spp., and others).
Bacterial diseases
Bacterial diseases | |
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Angular leaf spot | Pseudomonas amygdali pv. lachrymans |
Bacterial fruit blotch/seedling blight | Acidovorax avenae subsp. citrulli = Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes subsp. citrulli |
Bacterial leaf spot | Xanthomonas campestris pv. cucurbitae |
Bacterial rind necrosis | Erwinia spp. |
Bacterial soft rot | Erwinia carotovora subsp. carotovora |
Bacterial wilt | Erwinia tracheiphila |
Brown spot | Erwinia ananas |
Fungal diseases
Fungal diseases | |
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Alternaria leaf blight | Alternaria cucumerina |
Alternaria leaf spot | |
Anthracnose (stem, leaf and fruit) |
Colletotrichum orbiculare |
Belly rot |
Rhizoctonia solani |
Black root rot | Thielaviopsis basicola |
Blue mold rot | |
Cephalosporium root and hypocotyl rot, stem streak and dieback |
Acremonium spp. |
Cercospora leaf spot | Cercospora citrullina |
Charcoal rot Vine decline and fruit rot |
Macrophomina phaseolina |
Choanephora fruit rot | Choanephora cucurbitarum |
Collapse of melon |
Monosporascus eutypoides |
Corynespora blight/target spot | Corynespora cassiicola |
Crater rot (fruit) | Myrothecium roridum |
Crown and foot rot |
Fusarium solani |
Damping-off |
Acremonium spp. |
Downy mildew | Pseudoperonospora cubensis |
Fusarium fruit rot |
Fusarium equiseti |
Fusarium wilt |
Fusarium oxysporum |
Gray mold |
Botrytis cinerea |
Gummy stem blight (vine decline) |
Didymella bryoniae |
Lasiodiplodia vine decline/fruit rot |
Lasiodiplodia theobromae |
Monosporascus root rot/Myrothecium canker (black canker) | |
Net spot | Leandria momordicae |
Phoma blight |
Phoma exigua var. exigua |
Purple stem |
Diaporthe melonis |
Phomopsis black stem | Phomopsis sclerotioides |
Phyllosticta leaf spot | Phyllosticta cucurbitacearum |
Phytophthora root rot | |
Pink mold rot | Trichothecium roseum |
Plectosporium blight | Plectosporium tabacinum |
Powdery mildew |
Sphaerotheca fuliginea |
Pythium fruit rot (cottony leak) | Pythium spp. |
Rhizopus soft rot (fruit) |
Rhizopus stolonifer |
Scab/gummosis | Cladosporium cucumerinum |
Sclerotinia stem rot | Sclerotinia sclerotiorum |
Septoria leaf blight | Septoria cucurbitacearum |
Southern blight (Sclerotium fruit and stem rot) |
Sclerotium rolfsii |
Sudden wilt | Pythium aphanidermatum |
Ulocladium leaf spot | Ulocladium consortiale |
Verticillium wilt | |
Web blight | Rhizoctonia solani |
Miscellaneous diseases and disorders
Miscellaneous diseases and disorders | |
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Air pollution injury | Ozone, sulfur dioxide and others |
Bitter fruit | Sunburn injury, physiologic stress |
Blossom end rot | Physiological disorder, calcium deficiency, moisture imbalance |
Bottle neck of fruit | Incomplete pollination |
Measles | Physiological disorder, salt toxicity |
Sandburn | Physiological disorder |
Sunscald (fruit) | Excessive or intense direct heat/ solar injury |
Windburn | Physiological disorder |
Nematodes, parasitic
Nematodes, parasitic | |
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Dagger, American | |
Lesion |
Pratylenchus spp. |
Pin |
Paratylenchus spp. |
Reniform | |
Ring |
Circonemella spp. |
Root-knot |
Meloidogyne spp. |
Spiral |
Helicotylenchus spp. |
Sting | |
Stubby-root | |
Stunt | |
References
- Common Names of Diseases, The American Phytopathological Society
- Cucurbit Diagnostic Key, The Cornell Plant Pathology Vegetable Disease Web Page
- Cucurbit Diseases (Fact Sheets and Information Bulletins), The Cornell Plant Pathology Vegetable Disease Web Page
- Lucid Key to Diagnosing Postharvest Diseases of Cantaloupe