Horticulture
Gummy Stem Blight on Watermelon and Muskmelon
Clemson Extension Program Team
Horticulture
Publication Date
Spring 4-21-2022
Publication Number
LGP 1142
Summary
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. Growers and Extension agents should focus management and education efforts on crop rotation and careful fungicide selection to effectively manage this disease.
Publisher
Land-Grant Press by Clemson Extension
Publisher City
Clemson, SC
Target Audiences
Extension agents, growers, Extension specialists, crop consultants
Recommended Citation
Keinath AP. Gummy Stem Blight on Watermelon and Muskmelon. Clemson (SC): Clemson Cooperative Extension, Land-Grant Press by Clemson Extension; 2022 Apr. LGP 1142. https://lgpress.clemson.edu/publication/gummy-stem-blight-on-watermelon-and-muskmelon/.
Fruiting bodies of the gummy stem blight fungus in the center of a watermelon leaf spot
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