Stagonosporopsis cucurbitacearum Cucumis melo L. (Fr) Aveskkamp, Gruyter, Verkley & Crous, Stud Melón, Meló Didymellaceae, Pleosporales, Dothideomycetes Basionimo Sphaeria cucurbitacearum SYMPTOMS The disease is known as black stem rot or gummy canker, due to the mass of pseudothecia (sexually reproducing fruiting bodies) and pycnidia (asexually reproducing fruiting bodies) that develop in the lesions and […]

