Vegetable Crops Hotline A newsletter for commercial vegetable growers prepared by the Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service

Gummy stem blight/black rot of Pumpkin

Gummy stem blight lesion on a pumpkin leaf. Note medium dark necrosis.

Figure 1. Gummy stem blight lesion on a pumpkin leaf.

Black rot of pumpkin.

Figure 2. Black rot of pumpkin. Note target spot-like pattern of lesion.

Close-up of black rot lesion on pumpkin. Note dark fruiting bodies in lesion.

Figure 3. Close-up of black rot lesion on pumpkin.