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Date: Thu 17 Mar 2016
Source: The Daily Star [edited]
<http://www.thedailystar.net/country/watermelon-plants-dying-days-harvest-792391>
Watermelon farmers of Patuakhali district [Barisal division] are facing losses as the melon vines are dying in different areas due to 'wilting' disease, just 2 weeks before harvest. This disease is found in different areas in the district.
A farmer said, "I cultivated watermelons on half an acre of land, but some vines suddenly started dying. First, the roots became rotten and then the vines died." He added that he had never seen such a disease in the area in the [last] 10 years. Another farmer of the same area, said, "there was heavy rainfall about 15 days ago, and the disease was detected after that."
Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) sources said a total of 17 020 hectares [about 42 000 acres] in the district were cultivated with watermelons this year [2016]. Watermelon is a profitable crop.
[byline: Sohrab Hossain]
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[A large number of pathogens can affect cucurbit crops, which include melons, cucumber, squash, and pumpkins.
The symptoms described above may point to some form of fungal root rot, but reliable diagnosis is crucial for designing control or management strategies for the affected farmers.
Maps
Bangladesh:
<http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/map/bangladesh_map2.htm> and <http://healthmap.org/promed/p/32780>
Bangladesh divisions:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bangladesh_divisions_english.png>
Bangladesh districts:
<http://www.lged.gov.bd/images/bangladesh-map.jpg>
Pictures
Symptoms of some watermelon diseases via:
<http://www.ipmimages.org/browse/Areathumb.cfm?area=90>
Links
List of major diseases and pathogens of cucurbits, including
watermelon:
<http://www.apsnet.org/publications/commonnames/Pages/Curcubits.aspx>
- Mod.DHA]
[See Also:
2015
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Gummy stem blight, watermelon - USA: (FL)
http://promedmail.org/post/20150506.3344025
2014
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Cucumber green mottle mosaic, watermelon - Australia (02): 1st rep
(NT) http://promedmail.org/post/20141009.2844854
2012
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Gummy stem blight, watermelon - Trinidad & Tobago: (MR)
http://promedmail.org/post/20121008.1329578
2011
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Fusarium wilt, watermelon - Australia: (NT), spread
http://promedmail.org/post/20110930.2948
2010
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Yellow vine decline & fusarium wilt, watermelon - USA
http://promedmail.org/post/20100615.2003
Murda, chili & mildew, melon - India
http://promedmail.org/post/20100413.1199
2009
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Gummy stem blight, watermelon - USA: new strains
http://promedmail.org/post/20090521.1899
2008
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Undiagnosed virus, muskmelon - India: (PU)
http://promedmail.org/post/20080523.1695
Downy mildew, cucurbits - India: (PU)
http://promedmail.org/post/20080411.1322
Sudden wilt, muskmelon - Oman
http://promedmail.org/post/20080211.0543
and additional items on cucurbit diseases in the archives]
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