Pythium Disease of Cucurbits
Pythium spp.
Cucurbitsoomycete
A wet-soil disease causing seedling damping-off and fruit/root rot.
Symptoms
Damping-off of seedlings, water-soaked fruit rot, and root rot in wet soil.
Favorable conditions
- •Waterlogged or poorly drained soil
- •Overwatering seedlings
Management
- 1Plant in well-drained soil or raised beds
- 2Use a seed treatment fungicide
- 3Avoid overwatering
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