Horticultural crops :: Vegetables:: Musk melon and Water melon 
       
         
        
          
            | Angular Leaf Spot: Pseudomonas lachrymans
              
               Symptoms 
                
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Symptoms of the disease firsts appear as small, angular, water-soaked lesions on the leaves. 
                   
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When moisture is present, bacteria ooze from the spot in tear like droplets that dry and form a white residue on the leaf surface. 
                   
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Water-soaked areas turn gray or tan, die, and may tear away leaving irregular holes. Water-soaked spots may also appear on the fruit and are frequently followed by soft rot bacteria. 
                   
                 
                Management 
            
              
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Angular leaf spot may be controlled by planting disease-free seed 
                 
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 Rotating with unrelated crops, keeping workers out of fields when foliage is wet and Spray 400ppm Streptomycin sulphate. 
                 
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