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Research Updates on Diseases in Georgia Cucurbits

Cucurbit Genetics, Genomics, & Pathology AgNet Media, Anthracnose, Carolina Strongback rootstock, Collectotrichum orbiculare, Fusarium wilt, UGA Cooperative Extension. permalink.

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CucCAP scientists find high prevalence of gummy stem blight resistance to common fungicides

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The gummy stem blight fungus, Stagonosporopsis citrulli, is now resistant to fungicides in four chemical classes. The newest resistance is to fungicides in FRAC Code 3. Most isolates (94% of 251) collected from watermelon in South Carolina in 2019 and 2021 were moderately resistant to tebuconazole, a fungicide widely used on watermelon because it is available in low-cost generic products. Highly resistant isolates were cross-resistant to five other fungicides in the same chemical class as tebuconazole: tetraconazole, flutriafol, difenoconazole, prothioconazole, and the newly registered mefentrifluconazole. Currently, only 4% of the isolates are highly resistant, so growers are encouraged to limit use of tebuconazole to one early season application to avoid shifting the population from moderately resistant to resistant.

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