Fruit Diseases
For a larger view and narrative of each disease please click on the photo.
Photos provided by Tom Isakeit, Department of Plant Pathology, Texas A&M University.

BACTERIAL FRUIT BLOTCH - Causal Agent: (bacterium - Acidovorax avenae subsp. citrulli)

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ANTHRACNOSE - Causal Agent: (fungus - Colletotrichum orbiculare)

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BACTERIAL RIND NECROSIS - Causal Agent: (bacterium - Erwinia spp.?)

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BELLY ROT - Causal Agent: (fungi - several species)

Southern blight fungus

Pythium fruit rot

Pythium aphanidermatum

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LASIODIPLODIA FRUIT ROT/ DIPLODIA STEM-END ROT - Causal Agent: (fungi - Lasiodiplodia theobromae)

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PIMPLES - Causal Agent: (suspected virus - Tobacco Ring Spot Virus)

Ringspots

Necrotic, concentric rings

Pimples

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BLOSSOM END ROT - Causal Agent: (physiological - water stress, calcium deficient)

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BOTTLE NECK - Causal Agent: (physiological)

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SUNBURN

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FRUIT CRACKING/SCARRING

Animal damage

Physical scarring

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SPLITTING - Splitting is caused by an erratic waterning pattern, particularly the excessive accumulation of water. The inside of the fruit is under great pressure and the fruit splits open when lightly tapped. The condition is weather related and there probably is a cultivar interaction as well.

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CROSS STITCH

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