Fig. 38. Cantaloup Diseases. 



a. Soft rot, b. individual germs of soft rot (a. and 6. after Giddings), c. young 

 cantaloup plant artificially inoculated with Mycosphasrella wilt, d. section through 

 a perithecium of Mycospharella citrullina, showing immature asci, e. ascospores of 

 M. citrullina (c. to e. after Grossenbacher), /. Alternaria leaf blight, g. Conidiophores 

 and spore of Macrosporium cucumerinum (after Chester), h. Southern blight. 



