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The heavier the infestation, the greater the damage to the plant. Sometimes one plant or part of a plant can be heavily attacked while surrounding plants are untouched. [3] Besides the direct damage their feeding causes to the plant, these insects can act as vectors for cucurbit yellow vine disease caused by the bacterium Serratia marcescens ...
Squash mosaic virus (SqMV) is a mosaic virus disease common in squash plants and other plants, including melons, of the family Cucurbitaceae. [1] It occurs worldwide. [1] It is transmitted primarily by beetles, including the leaf beetle (Acalymma trivittata), spotted cucumber beetle (Diabrotica undecimpunctata), [2] [3] and 28-spotted ladybird beetle (Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata), [1 ...
A female squash bug lays bronze-colored oval eggs on the underside of the leaves of the squash family plants. Each squash bug female can lay as many as 18 eggs near the main vein on the leaf where ...
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Zucchini yellow mosaic virus (ZYMV) is an aphid-borne potyvirus, regarded as a major pathogen of cucurbits in most regions of the world where these crops are cultivated. ZYMV affects all cucurbits including pumpkins , squashes , [ 1 ] vegetable marrows , courgettes , melons , watermelons , cucumbers , gherkins and various gourds especially ...
Squash vine borers overwinter in the soil and in old plant debris, but you may be able to interrupt their life cycle by destroying old cucurbit plants at the end of the season.
Mottle is a pattern of irregular marks, spots, streaks, blotches or patches of different shades or colours. It is commonly used to describe the surface of plants or the skin of animals . In plants, mottling usually consists of yellowish spots on plants , and is usually a sign of disease or malnutrition . [ 1 ]
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