Bacterial Wilt on melon

Melon:CUCURBIT:Bacterial Wilt (Erwinia tracheiphila/cucumber beetles)
Photo courtesy of T.A. Zitter, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Root and lower stem feeding by cucumber beetle larvae.
Photo courtesy of M.P. Hoffmann, Cornell University

Bacteria continue to multiply, forming visible masses of ooze.
Photo courtesy of R.X. Latin, Purdue University

Wilting melon plant infected with Erwinia tracheiphila.
Photo courtesy of R.X. Latin, Purdue University

If "stringy" sap (bacterial growth and associated resins) extends between the cuts of freshly cut sections of a stem, the plant has bacterial wilt.
Photo courtesy of M.P. Hoffmann, Cornell University

• Return to Diagnostic Keys for wilt, stem, vine, crown, and damping off on Cucurbits

• Link to the Factsheet on Cucumber Beetles, Corn Rootworms and Bacterial Wilt in Cucurbits
  
  
• Link to Photo Gallery of Bacterial Wilt in Cucurbits