{"id":2104,"date":"2017-02-15T13:28:55","date_gmt":"2017-02-15T18:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/?page_id=2104"},"modified":"2024-02-06T21:39:35","modified_gmt":"2024-02-07T02:39:35","slug":"phytophthora","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/disease-management\/watermelon\/phytophthora\/","title":{"rendered":"Phytophthora rot on watermelon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2313\" style=\"width: 431px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2313\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2313\" src=\"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/02\/fruit-rot-watermelon.jpg\" alt=\"disease symptoms on watermelon\" width=\"421\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/02\/fruit-rot-watermelon.jpg 421w, http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/02\/fruit-rot-watermelon-300x202.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 421px) 100vw, 421px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2313\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fruit rot on watermelon<br \/>Image provided by S. Kousik<\/p><\/div>\n<h2><em>Phytophthora <i>capsici<\/i>:<\/em><\/h2>\n<p>In watermelon, <em>Phytophthora capsici<\/em> primarily infects either seedlings or fruit, causing fruit rot. <em>P. capsici<\/em> is favored by rain and warm temperatures and spreads rapidly via water, including irrigation and surface water sources. The pathogen can overwinter in the soil and spores can persist in infested soil for as long as 10 years. Phytophthora also affects squash and cucumber.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"diagnostic-resources\">Diagnostic Resources<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1094\/PHP-02-21-0027-FI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Diagnostic Guide for <em>Phytophthora capsici<\/em> Infecting Vegetable Crops<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nby: Camilo H. Parada-Rojas, Leah L. Granke, Rachel P. Naegele, Zachariah Hansen, Mary K. Hausbeck, Chandrasekar S. Kousik, Margaret T. McGrath, Christine D. Smart, and Lina M. Quesada-Ocampo<br \/>\nPlant Health Progress (2021) Vol. 22, No. 3<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vegetables.cornell.edu\/pest-management\/keys-for-identifying-vegetable-diseases\/cucurbit-key\/watermelon-disease-key\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watermelon Disease Key<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/myipm.app\/vegetables\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>MyIPM for Vegetables<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; An App developed by the Southeastern Vegetable Extension Workers<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/disease-management\/plant-disease-clinics\/\">Plant Disease Clinics<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Disease Control Information<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/plantpathology.ces.ncsu.edu\/2013\/08\/are-your-cucurbits-infected-with-phytophthora-capsici\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Are your cucurbits infected with <em>Phytophthora capsici<\/em>?<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; Quesada Lab at NC State<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hort.cornell.edu\/expo\/pdf\/20190115-3-mcgrath.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Managing Mildews and Phytophthora Blight Successfully in 2019<\/strong><\/a> Cornell Cooperative Extension<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vegetables.cornell.edu\/pest-management\/disease-factsheets\/phytophthora-blight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Phytophthora Blight<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; Smart Lab at Cornell Vegetables<strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/espanol\/infeccion-de-phytophthora\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Infecci\u00f3n de Phytophthora<\/a><\/strong> (2017)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vegetables.cornell.edu\/pest-management\/disease-factsheets\/phytophthora-blight-and-its-management-in-cucurbit-crops-and-other-vegetables\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Phytophthora Blight and Its Management in Cucurbit Crops and Other Vegetables<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; McGrath Lab at Cornell&#8217;s Long Island\u00a0 Vegetables<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.cornell.edu\/livegpath\/gallery\/cucurbits\/phytophthora-blight-in-cucurbit-crops\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Phytophthora Blight in Cucurbit Crops<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; Long Island Horticultural Research &amp; Extension Center at Cornell University<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/veggies.msu.edu\/extension-publications\/#FactSheets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Plant Pathology Disease Factsheets<\/a> <\/strong>\u2013 Hausbeck Plant Pathology Research Lab at Michigan State University\u00a0<strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/veggies.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/FS_Managing-Phytophthora-on-Melon.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Managing\u00a0<em>Phytophthora<\/em> on Cantaloupe, Muskmelon and Watermelon<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/espanol\/manejo-de-phytophthora-en-cantalupe-melon-y-sandia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Manejo de Phytophthora en Cantalupe, Mel\u00f3n y Sandia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/edis.ifas.ufl.edu\/pdffiles\/VH\/VH04500.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Vegetable Diseases Caused by Phytophthora capsici in Florida<\/strong><\/a> (2018, 2021) UF\/IFAS Electronic Data Information System<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Phytophthora capsici: In watermelon, Phytophthora capsici primarily infects either seedlings or fruit, causing fruit rot. P. capsici is favored by rain and warm temperatures and spreads rapidly via water, including irrigation and surface water sources. The pathogen can overwinter in the soil and spores can persist in infested soil for as long as 10 years. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":1276,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-fullwidth.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[497],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2104"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2104"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15614,"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2104\/revisions\/15614"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}