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Depending on the weather, four foliar diseases can commonly be found on cantaloupe (muskmelon) in South Carolina. Correctly identifying a disease is the first step in selecting the best control measure.
A citron melon (Citrullus lanatus var. citroides) growing wild along the railroad tracks in coastal San Diego County, California. One melon is cut open to reveal the whitish flesh.
University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture Cooperative Extension Service Plant Disease Management Image Library - Tomato and Vegetable Diseases - Cantaloupe - Provides digital image of the diseases.
HANDLING Muskmelon is the common name for botanical varieties of Cucumis melo L. This botanical group includes cantaloupe, honeydew, and casaba. Cantaloupe fruit (C. melo var. reticulatus Naud.) are usually characterized by netted surfaces with shallow vein tracts and the flesh is salmon-coloured.
tumefaciens, wherein the induction medium comprises about 440 to about 2,200 mg/L of calcium chloride calculated as CaCl2R2H2 O, and about 0.3 to about 1.
Tianma, a small town of Shandong Province, China, locates in the southeast of Shouguang, the "Chinese Vegetable City". The total acreage of this town is about 10 acres, and it contains 56 villages. The total population is about 41,000.
Mention watermelon and people immediately think of sweet, juicy, crimson-colored fruit. But watermelons didn't start that way, notes Angela R. Davis of the U.S. Agricultural Research Service.
CANTALOUPE: Cucumis melo L. Anthena Pickleworm (PW) Diaphania nitildalis (Stoll) P. A. Stansly, J. M. Conner and D.R. Peach University of Florida/IFAS Southwest Florida Res. and Ed.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Pumpkins and melons are multiplying in northern Indiana, so the Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service in Fulton County is planning a vegetable growers meeting on March 20 to help growers improve their crops.