FIG. 38. CANTALOUP DISEASES. 



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

 cantaloup plant artificially inoculated with Mycosphaerella 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 Macros porium cucumerinum (after Chester), h. Southern blight. 



