List of cucurbit diseases

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This article is a list of diseases of cucurbits (Citrullus spp., Cucumis spp., Cucurbita spp., and others).

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[edit] Bacterial diseases

Bacterial diseases
Angular leaf spot Pseudomonas syringae pv. lachrymans
Bacterial fruit blotch/seedling blight Acidovorax avena 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

[edit] Fungal diseases

Fungal diseases
Alternaria leaf blight Alternaria cucumerina
Alternaria leaf spot Alternaria alternata f. sp. cucurbitae
Anthracnose (stem, leaf and fruit) Colletotrichum orbiculare = C. lagenarium

Glomerella lagenarium [teleomorph]

Belly rot Rhizoctonia solani

Thanatephora cucumeris [teleomorph]

Black root rot Thielaviopsis basicola
Blue mold rot Penicillium spp.

P. digitatum

Cephalosporium root and hypocotyl rot, stem streak and dieback Acremonium spp. = Cephalosporium 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 = Bitrimonospora indica
Corynespora blight/target spot Corynespora cassiicola
Crater rot (fruit) Myrothecium roridum
Crown and foot rot Fusarium solani

Nectria haematococca [teleomorph]

Damping-off Acremonium spp.

Fusarium spp.
F. equiseti
Gibberella intricans[teleomorph]
Phytophthora sp.
Pythium spp.
Rhizoctonia solani
Thielaviopsis basicola
Other fungi

Downy mildew Pseudoperonospora cubensis
Fusarium fruit rot Fusarium equiseti = F. roseum f. gibbosum

F. graminearum
Gibberella zeae [teleomorph]
F. semitectum
F. solani f. sp. cucurbitae
Fusarium spp.

Fusarium wilt Fusarium oxysporum

(with these formae speciales:) f. sp. benincasae, f. sp. cucumerinum, f. sp. lagenariae, f. sp. luffae, f. sp. melonis, f. sp. momordicae, f. sp. niveum

Gray mold Botrytis cinerea

Botryotinia fuckeliana [teleomorph]

Gummy stem blight (vine decline) Didymella bryoniae = Mycosphaerella melonis

Phoma cucurbitacearum [anamorph]

Lasiodiplodia vine decline/fruit rot Lasiodiplodia theobromae = Diplodia natalensis
Monosporascus root rot/Myrothecium canker (black canker) Monosporascus cannonballus

Myrothecium roridum

Net spot Leandria momordicae
Phoma blight Phoma exigua var. exigua = Ascochyta phaseolorum
Purple stem Diaporthe melonis

Phomopsis cucurbitae [teleomorph]

Phomopsis black stem Phomopsis sclerotiodes
Phyllosticta leaf spot Phyllosticta cucurbitacearum
Phytophthora root rot Phytophthora spp.

P. capsici

Pink mold rot Trichothecium roseum
Plectosporium blight Plectosporium tabacinum
Powdery mildew Sphaerotheca fuliginea

Erysiphe cichoracearum

Pythium fruit rot (cottony leak) Pythium spp.
Rhizopus soft rot (fruit) Rhizopus stolonifer = R. nigricans
Scab/gummosis Cladosporium cucumerinum
Sclerotinia stem rot Sclerotinia sclerotiorum
Septoria leaf blight Septoria cucurbitacearum
Southern blight (Sclerotium fruit and stem rot) Sclerotium rolfsii

Athelia rolfsii [teleomorph]

Sudden wilt Pythium aphanidermatum
Ulocladium leaf spot Ulocladium consortiale
Verticillium wilt Verticillium albo-atrum

V. dahliae

Web blight Rhizoctonia solani

[edit] Miscellaneous diseases and disorders

Miscellaneous diseases and disorders
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

[edit] Nematodes, parasitic

Nematodes, parasitic
Dagger, American Xiphinema americanum
Lesion Pratylenchus spp.
Pin Paratylenchus spp.
Reniform Rotylenchulus reniformis
Ring Circonemella spp.
Root-knot Meloidogyne spp.
Spiral Helicotylenchus spp.
Sting Belonolaimus longicaudatus
Stubby-root Paratrichodorus minor
Stunt Tylenchorhynchus claytoni

[edit] References