Disease on crop
bacterialBacterial Wilt of Cucurbits on melon
Erwinia tracheiphila
Bacterial disease vectored exclusively by cucumber beetles. Once a plant is infected there is no recovery; whole-plant collapse follows.
- Disease
- Bacterial Wilt of Cucurbits
- Pathogen type
- Bacterial
- Crop
- Melon
- Scientific name
- Erwinia tracheiphila
Bacterial Wilt of Cucurbits on melon
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Symptoms on melon
- ▸ Sudden wilting of one runner at a time spreading across the plant
- ▸ Sticky bacterial ooze when a wilted stem is cut and pulled apart
- ▸ Plant collapse within 1-2 weeks of first wilt symptoms
IPM controls
- ✓ Manage cucumber beetles aggressively from emergence (the only effective control)
- ✓ Rogue out infected plants at first symptom to reduce inoculum
- ✓ Plant resistant varieties (some cucumber types like County Fair show resistance)
- ✓ Floating row cover from transplant until first female flowers
Other crops affected by bacterial wilt of cucurbits
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