All Acidovorax Diseases

Crop diseases caused by the bacterium Acidovorax citrulli, which causes seedling blight and fruit blotch in watermelon, melon and other cucurbits. A disease belongs here when its cited article names Acidovorax as the causal bacterium. The bacterium is carried on and in seed, so infested seed lots spread the disease between regions, and warm humid weather favours outbreaks in the field and in transplant greenhouses. Management relies on tested clean seed, sanitation and rotation. This heading gathers the Acidovorax diseases of the atlas so a visitor can compare the names under which the same disease is known.