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Cucurbit Downy Mildew Management for 2025

The information provided below is current at this time. If any updates are made to the information below, the corresponding year in which the updates are made will be included in the publication title. The… 

Gummy stem blight on a squash plant.

Gummy Stem Blight on Watermelon and Muskmelon

Gummy stem blight is one of the most common foliar diseases on watermelon, muskmelon, honeydew, and other specialty melons in the southeastern United States. How severe the disease becomes depends on rainfall and dew periods.… 

powdery mildew photo on watermelon leaf

Powdery Mildew on Watermelon

Powdery mildew (caused by the fungus named Podosphaera xanthii) was consistently among the most prevalent diseases of watermelon in a survey of foliar diseases done in 2015 and 2016, second only to gummy stem blight.1… 

Managing Phytophthora capsici Diseases on Vegetables

Phytophthora blight, crown and root rot, and fruit rot are serious problems on cucurbit and fruiting (solanaceous) vegetables in the eastern half of the United States. Short vegetable crop rotations, center-pivot irrigation, and heavy rainfall… 

Managing Southern Blight on Vegetable Crops

Southern blight is a disease of over 1,200 crops and weeds in the southern half of the United States. Among the vegetable crops affected are tomato, pepper, eggplant, snap bean, Jerusalem artichoke, and occasionally cantaloupe,…