Scab or Gummosis of Cucurbits
Cladosporium cucumerinum
Cucurbitsfungal
A fungal disease that turns fruit spots gummy and corky, and tears out leaf lesions into a "shot-hole" look.
Symptoms
Sunken, gummy, water-soaked spots on fruit that turn corky and scabby, with tattered, shot-hole-like leaf spots.
Favorable conditions
- •Cool, wet weather
- •Overhead irrigation and rain splash
Management
- 1Plant resistant varieties
- 2Rotate fungicides
- 3Rotate crops
- 4Avoid overhead irrigation
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