Food Plants International

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Diseases:
Leaf spot Fungus Alternaria alternata
Leaf spot Fungus Corynespora cassiicola
With fruit rot Fungus Choanephora cucurbitarum
Powdery mildew Fungus Oidium sp.
Downy mildew Fungus Pseudoperonospora cubensis
Leaf spot Fungus Phyllosticta sp.
Damping off Fungi Pythium butleri
And Pythium deliense
Fruit rot Bacteria Erwinia carotovora
Storage rot Fungus Colletotrichum sp.
And Fusarium sp.
And Phoma exigua
And Pythium sp.
Pests:
Importance: A common and well liked vegetable throughout Papua New Guinea.