Global InformationGummy stem blight information
Gummy stem blight is a cucurbit-rot disease caused by the fungal plant pathogen Didymella bryoniae (anamorph Phoma cucurbitacearum).[1] Gummy stem blight can affect a host at any stage of growth in its development and affects all parts of the host including leaves, stems and fruits.[1] Symptoms generally consist of circular dark tan lesions that blight the leaf, water soaked leaves, stem cankers, and gummy brown ooze that exudes from cankers, giving it the name gummy stem blight.[2] Gummy stem blight reduces yields of edible cucurbits by devastating the vines and leaves and rotting the fruits.[3] There are various methods to control gummy stem blight, including use of treated seed, crop rotation, using preventative fungicides, eradication of diseased material, and deep plowing previous debris.[4]
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- ^ Sitterly, W. R.; Keinath, A. P. (2000). "Gummy Stem Blight". The American Phytopathological Society (APS). Retrieved 1 May 2022.
- ^ Ferguson, G.; Cerkauskas, R.; Khosla, S. (October 2009). "Gummy Stem Blight of Greenhouse Cucumber". Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (Ontario).
- ^ Paret, Mathews L.; Dufault, Nicholas S.; Newark, Mason; Freeman, Joshua H. (January 2011). "Management of Gummy Stem Blight (Black Rot) on Cucurbits in Florida" (PDF). Plant Pathology Department, UF/IFAS Extension, University of Florida.