Mode of spread and survival
- Dark brown water-soaked decay on the side of the fruit in contact with the soil
- Followed by a yellowish-brown discolouration of the fruit surface
- Entire fruit rot within few days
- Produces pycnidia and sclerotia
- Pycnidiospores - hyaline, single celled, ovate to ellipsoid
- R. solan i overwinters in soils as mycelia on plant debris and as dark brown sclerotia that remain in soil for long periods
- Pre-harvest sprays of the fungicides- Azoxystrobin, Chlorothalonil,Thiophanate-methyl
- Holding the fruit at 10°C (50°F) will retard disease development during transit and storage
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| Dark brown water soaked necrosis | Yellowish brown discolouration | Rotten cucumber with gummy ooze | Infected cucumbers |
