Black rot of squash (Cucurbita moschata) caused by Stagonosporopsis cucurbitacearum reported in Italy

Stagonosporopsis cucurbitacearum (syn. Didymella bryoniae) can affect cucurbits through induction of black rot. This pathogen produces irregular white spots covered with pycnidia on infected cucurbit fruit. Twenty squash fruit (cv. Butternut) with black rot symptoms were collected in Italy from two...

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Main Authors: Marwa Moumni, Valeria Mancini, Mohamed Bechir Allagui, Sergio Murolo, Gianfranco Romanazzi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Firenze University Press 2019-09-01
Series:Phytopathologia Mediterranea
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Online Access:https://oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/pm/article/view/10624