Stem canker in melon

Authors

  • Gilson José Marcinichen Gallotti Epagri/Estação Experimental de Canoinhas
  • André Nunes Loula Torres Empresa de Pesquisa Agropecuária e Extensão Rural de Santa Catarina

Keywords:

Cucumis melo, fungi, symptoms, control

Abstract

Stem canker is one of the main diseases in melon in Northern Santa Catarina State Plateau, region of
Canoinhas, SC, Brazil, Brasicausing damages up to 40%. The causal agent, Didymella bryoniae, sin. Mycosphaerella melonis, is a ascomicete that in the mitosporic phase (asexual) corresponds to the Ascochyta genus. The most characteristic symptom is the canker, with longitudinal cracker of the cortex, and exsudation of amber-colored gummy material. The characteristic signals are the pycnidia that appear in the surface of injuried tissues. To control
this disease cultural, mechanical and chemical management are recommended.

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Published

2004-03-03

How to Cite

Gallotti, G. J. M., & Torres, A. N. L. . (2004). Stem canker in melon. Agropecuária Catarinense Journal, 17(1), 50–52. Retrieved from https://publicacoes.epagri.sc.gov.br/rac/article/view/991

Issue

Vol. 17 No. 1 (2004)

Section

Scientific note

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