Directory of Pests and Diseases Resources

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Diseases affecting these crops, including water melons, cantaloupe melons, cucumbers and squashes.

Resources in This Category

• Anthracnose of Cucurbits

  http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/pp/notes/Vegetable/vdin011/vdin011.htm
  Photographs and information on the causal agent, symptoms and management of this condition.

• Cucumber, Muskmelon and Watermelon

  http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/id-56/vinecrops.html
  Production guide for growers with much information on diseases problems, susceptibilities and treatments.

• Cucurbits Pest Management

  http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/selectnewpest.cucurbits.html
  Provides information on possible biological and chemical controls for the diseases, insects, mites, nematodes and weeds that may attack this crop.

• Diseases of Cucurbits

  http://www.apsnet.org/publications/commonnames/Pages/Curcubits.aspx
  Provides the common names of the bacterial, fungal, nematode, viral and other diseases that affect the plant.

• Downy Mildew Control in Cucurbits

  http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/downymildew.html
  This publication discusses cultural controls and alternative pesticides that can be used to control downy mildew, a destructive disease of cucurbits especially cucumber and cantaloupe.

• Nematode Management in Cucurbits (Cucumber, Melons, Squash)

  http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/NG025
  Information on general IPM considerations, symptoms, damage, field diagnosis and sampling, general management considerations and chemical control.

• Pythium Root Rot

  http://www.forestryimages.org/browse/detail.cfm?imgnum=5076093
  Photograph of damage to fruit caused by fungi of the Pythium spp.

 

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