A fungus was isolated from rotted roots of bottle gourd stocks of collapsed watermelon plants in Chiba Prefecture Japan.The fungus was identified as Monosporascus cannonballus, which is known as one of the soilborne pathogens of melon.Pathogenicity of two isolates (CH86-1, CH86-2) was positive on bottle gourd stocks of watermelon plants as well as melon plants under greenhouse conditions.The disease was also found recently in Aichi and Gunma Prefectures.
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