The 6 entries in Laisha's encyclopedia that attack Pumpkin / squash, grouped by type. Each page covers identification, life cycle, the conditions that favour it, action thresholds and integrated management.

Growing Pumpkin / squash? The free Pumpkin / squash grow guide covers the crop from sowing to harvest.

Insect pests

• Cotton aphid (melon aphid)Aphis gossypiiInsect · A small aphid, from pale yellow to almost black, that forms dense colonies under the leaves of cotton,…
• Melon flyZeugodacus cucurbitaeInsect · A fruit fly whose maggots rot the young fruit of bitter gourd, cucumber, melon, pumpkin and other cucurbits.…

Fungal diseases

• Powdery mildew of cucurbitsPodosphaera xanthiiFungal disease · The commonest disease of cucumber, melon, squash, pumpkin and other cucurbits worldwide. It covers leaves…

Oomycete diseases (water moulds)

• Downy mildew of cucurbitsPseudoperonospora cubensisOomycete disease · Downy mildew is a fast-moving leaf disease of cucumber, melon, squash, watermelon and gourds. Angular yellow…

Virus diseases

• Papaya ringspot disease (PRSV)Papaya ringspot virusVirus disease · Papaya ringspot is the most destructive disease of papaya worldwide. Aphids spread the virus in seconds as…

Physiological disorders

• Blossom-end rotPhysiological calcium disorder (no pathogen)Physiological disorder · Blossom-end rot is a dark, sunken, leathery patch at the flower end of tomato, pepper, watermelon, squash and…