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Cultural Practices
Suggested Cultural Practices for Bitter Gourd (
PDF
)
Disease Control
Bacterial Diseases
Angular Leaf Spot (
Pseudomonas syringae
pv.
lachrymans
)
Bacterial Wilt (
Erwinia traacheiphila
)
Fungal Diseases
Alternaria Leaf Spot (
Alternaria cucumerina
)
Anthracnose (
Colletotrichum lagenarium
[
Glomerella cingulata
var.
orbiculare
])
Belly Rot (
Rhizoctonia solani
)
Choanephora Rot (
Choanephora cucurbitarum
)
Corynespora Leaf Spot (
Corynespora cassiicola
)
Cottony Leak (
Pythium
spp.)
Downy Mildew (
Pseudoperonospora cubensis
)
Fusarium Wilt (
Fusarium oxysporum
f.sp.
cucumerinum
,
melonis
and
niveum
)
Gummy Stem Blight (
Didymella bryoniae
)
Powdery Mildew (
Erysiphe cichoracearum
and
Sphaerotheca fuligena
)
Viruses
Summary
Other Disorders
Root Knot Nematode (
Meloidogyne incognita
and other
Meloidogyne
species)
May 2007
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