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Squash


CLASSIFICATION

COMMON NAME: Squash
OTHER NAMES: -

GROUP: Vegetables
FAMILY: Cucurbitaceae
GENUS: Cucurbita

Further Crop Information (N/A)
  • PESTS
  • DISEASES

Insects and Other Pests

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Group Scientific Name Common Name
APHIDS Rhopalosiphum maidis corn leaf aphid
BUGS Nysius nemorivagus a lygaeid bug
CASPIDS Pycnoderes quadrimaculatus bean caspid
FRUIT FLIES Bactrocera cucurbitae melon fly
LEAFMINERS Liriomyza sativae vegetable leafminer
THRIPS Thrips hawaiiensis Hawaiian flower thrips
THRIPS Thrips palmi melon thrips
WHITEFLIES Trialeurodes vaporariorum greenhouse whitefly
WHITEFLIES Bemisia argentifolii silverleaf whitefly
WHITEFLIES Bemisia tabaci sweetpotato whitefly

Plant Diseases and Pathogens

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TOGAN: WINTER SQUASH

Group Scientific Name Common Name
FUNGI Choanephora cucurbitarum blossom blight, fruit rot
FUNGI Colletotrichum Primer -
FUNGI Colletotrichum orbiculare blossom-end rot
FUNGI Didymella bryoniae gummy stemblight
FUNGI Oidium Primer -
FUNGI Oidium sp. powdery mildew
FUNGI Pseudoperonospora cubensis downy mildew
FUNGI Pythium Primer -
FUNGI Pythium sp. root rot
FUNGI Rhizoctonia Primer -
FUNGI Rhizoctonia sp. root rot
FUNGI Sclerotium Primer -
FUNGI Sclerotium rolfsii southern blight
NEMATODE Pratylenchus elachistus pin nematode
NEMATODE Rotylenchulus reniformis reniform nematode
STRAMENOPILA Phytophthora capsici -
VIRUS Cucumber mosaic virus -
VIRUS Mosaic virus -
VIRUS Squash mosaic virus -
VIRUS Watermelon mosaic virus-II -

ZUCCHINI: SUMMER SQUASH

Group Scientific Name Common Name
BACTERIA Erwinia Primer -
BACTERIA Erwinia tracheiphila bacterial wilt
FUNGI Choanephora cucurbitarum blossom blight, fruit rot
FUNGI Didymella bryoniae gummy stemblight
FUNGI Oidium Primer -
FUNGI Oidium sp. powdery mildew
FUNGI Pseudoperonospora cubensis downy mildew
FUNGI Pythium Primer -
FUNGI Pythium sp. root rot
FUNGI Rhizoctonia Primer -
FUNGI Rhizoctonia sp. root rot
NEMATODE Pratylenchus elachistus pin nematode
VIRUS Cucumber mosaic virus -
VIRUS Mosaic virus -
VIRUS Squash mosaic virus -
VIRUS Watermelon mosaic virus-II -

 

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