Photographs of ongoing studies & field trials
(Watermelon Fruit Load Trial: Plot layout of fruit load trial with removed fruit in between rows; Coolong Lab, UGA 2025)
(Watermelon Fruit Load Trial: example of lesions on leaves; Coolong Lab, UGA 2025)
(Watermelon Fruit Load Trial: Example of anthracnose lesions on leaves in watermelon; Coolong Lab, UGA 2025)
(Cucumber Variety Trial: example of anthracnose symptoms on leaves of cucumber; Coolong Lab, UGA 2025)
(Cucumber Variety Trial: Example of anthracnose symptoms on leaves of cucumber in variety trial; Coolong Lab, UGA 2025)
(Cucumber Variety Trial: Plot layout before disease symptoms appear, healthy cucumber plants; Coolong Lab, UGA 2025)
(Cucumber Variety Trial: Plot layout of cucumber variety trial, early in the season; Coolong Lab, UGA 2025)
(Fungicide field trial from the vantage point of one replicate, illustrating plot layout; Virginia Tech, 2025)
(Fungicide field trial from the vantage point of one replicate, illustrating plot layout; Virginia Tech, 2025)
(Cultivar field trial from the vantage point of one replicate, illustrating plot layout; Virginia Tech, 2025)
(Fungicide field trial from the vantage point of one replicate, illustrating plot layout; Virginia Tech, 2025)
(Severe Anthracnose Damage in Watermelon Variety Trial; Georgia, 2025)
(Early Foliar Symptoms of Anthracnose on Watermelon Leaf; Georgia, 2025)
(Foliar Symptoms of Anthracnose in the Cucumber Variety Trial; Georgia, 2025)
(Map of cucurbit anthracnose outbreak in commercial cucurbits fields; Georgia, 2025)
(Anthracnose lesions on muskmelon leaf (Tift County); Georgia, 2025)
(Symptoms on leaves appear yellowish to dark brown in color that often turn necrotic on cucumbers leaf (Tift County); Georgia, 2025 )
(Symptoms on leaves appear yellowish to dark brown in color that often turn necrotic on cucumbers leaf (Tift County); Georgia, 2025 )
(Anthracnose lesions on cucumber leaf (Tift County); Georgia, 2025)
(Sunken water-soaked lesions with orange or salmon colored spore mass on watermelon fruit from Dodge county; Georgia, 2025)
(Dark brown to black color lesions on watermelon stems; Georgia, 2025)
(Dark brown to black color lesions with center fallen out giving “shot hole” appearance on leaves (Wilcox County); Georgia, 2025)
(Dark brown to black color lesions with center fallen out giving “shot hole” appearance on leaves (Wilcox County); Georgia, 2025)
(Fruit discs in a petri dish to test susceptibility of different aged fruit to anthracnose. The top disc has been inoculated with a piece cut from a culture of the Colletotrichum fungus. The two bottom discs were wounded by puncturing slightly with a sterile toothpick before they are inoculated; Clemson,2025)
(Summer interns disinfesting pumpkin fruit before it is challenged with the Colletotrichum fungus to find out which fruit ages are susceptible to anthracnose; Clemson,2025)
(Measuring fruit with a caliper to record the size; Clemson,2025)
(Typical symptoms of anthracnose on watermelon vines. The lesions are 1-2 inches long and tapered on the ends like a spindle in a weaver’s loom; Clemson,2025)
(Leaf spots of anthracnose on ‘Sugar Baby’ watermelon in the fungicide trial in South Carolina. Note the irregular shape of the spots and the missing centers, termed “shot holes.”; Clemson,2025)
(An example from the anthracnose-pumpkin fruit age test showing the Colletotrichum fungus growing on the disc on the left, which was cut from a young non-wounded fruit; Clemson,2025)
(Fields survey 2025-(PGC5.2): Anthracnose fruit rot on gooseneck gourd in Clemson)
(Fields survey 2025-(PRV6): Anthracnose fruit rot on warty jack-o-lantern pumpkin, Clemson)
(Fields survey 2024- Watermelon and cucumber fields infected with Anthracnose in Georgia)
(Fields survey 2024- Watermelon and cucumber fields infected with Anthracnose in Georgia)
(Watermelon Irrigation trial: Plot layout and what it looks like when misters are on, misters simulate overhead irrigation; Coolong Lab, UGA 2024)
(Watermelon Irrigation trial: plot with misters beginning to have moderate anthracnose symptoms; Coolong Lab, UGA 2024)
(Watermelon Irrigation trial: Severe anthracnose symptoms on entire plot at end of season; Coolong Lab, UGA 2024)