Fruit rot of processing pumpkin caused by P. capsici
Lesions appear on fruit surface
Fruit rot developed on the side contacting the soil
Fruit rot as a result of falling an infected leaf on fruit
Severely infected fruits are collapsed.
Rotation with non-host crops is recommended.
Other hosts are pepper, tomato, eggplant, cocoa, and macadamia.
Manage soil moisture by selecting well-drained fields, avoiding low-lying areas, subsoiling, preparing dome-shaped raised beds for non-vining crops, and not over irrigating.
Movement in soil on equipment is probably an important means by which Phytophthora has been spread between fields and may account for disease occurrence in fields with no history of susceptible crops.
