Gummy Stem Blight of Cucurbits
Didymella bryoniae
Cucurbitsfungal
A fungal disease causing amber gum-oozing stem lesions and vine collapse.
Symptoms
Water-soaked stem lesions oozing amber gum, leaf spots with tiny black fungal fruiting bodies, and vine collapse in severe cases.
Favorable conditions
- •Warm, wet weather
- •Overhead irrigation and rain splash
Management
- 1Rotate fungicides
- 2Rotate crops
- 3Plant resistant varieties
- 4Avoid overhead irrigation
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