Cucurbits

Pests

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Aphids

Small black green to grey pest that feeds on plant leaves/fruits resulting to black/sticky color on leaves and fruits

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Melon Fly

Small flies that attack the melon fruit when very small ( Pin head stage) this cause the fruit to rot, deformities, and abortion of fruits

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Thrips

Small caterpillars that feeds by drawing some line on the top of the leaves causing the leave to drop.

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Leaf Miner

Small caterpillars that feeds by drawing some line on the top of the leaves causing the leave to drop.

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Red Spider Mites

Causes whitening or yellowing of leaves, which then dry out and eventually fall off. Leaves may appear purplish , Leaves turn yellow

Diseases

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Powdery Mildew

White superficial powdery fungal growth on leaves, Yellow to brown discoloration of upper leaf, Edges of leaf may curl upward

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Leaf Spots

Small circular dark spots on lower leaves and/or stems, Leaf yellowing, Leaf edges

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Anthracnose

Angular dark brown spots on leaves with yellow border, elongated patches with sunken centers on stems and fruit

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Downy Mildew

Pale spots, Gray- purple fuzzy growth on leaf surface

Weeds

Wild Radish

Wild radish is generally a winter and spring-growing annual that may grow up to 1.5 metres (m) high. The cotyledons are heart-shaped and hairless with long stems. The first true leaves are irregularly lobed around the edges with one or more completely separated lobes at the base of the leaf blade.