Cucumis

Cucumis

Melons and Cucumbers
Genus:	Cucumis
Family:	Cucurbitaceae
Type:	Tendrilling vines

Cucumis is a genus of plants which includes the cucumbers, melons, and gherkins. They are almost exclusively grown as food crops.

Description

Green, hairy vines with tendrils and palmate leaves. Flowers are yellow and unisexual.

Growing conditions

Moist but well-drained and fertile soils, full sun. Vines are often trained to grow on trellises or wires.

Pests and diseases

Bacterial Wilt

Powdery Mildew:

• Erisyphe cichoracearum
• Sphaerotheca fuliginea

Cucurbit Downy Mildew:

• Pseudoperonospora cubensis

Cucumber Scab:

• Cladosporium cucumerinum

Blights:

• Phytophthora capsici
• Sclerotium rolfsii

Mosaic

• Cucumber Mosaic Virus

Aphids

• Melon Aphid: Aphis gossypii

Whiteflies

• Greenhouse Whitefly: Trialeurodes vaporariorum
• Silverleaf Whitefly:Bemisia argentifolii

Bugs

• Tarnished Plant Bug: Lygus lineolaris
• Fourlined Plant Bug: Poecilocapsus lineatus

Thrips

• Melon Thrips: Thrips palmi
• Onion Thrips: Thrips tabaci
• Western Flower Thrips: Frankliniella occidentalis

Maggots

• American Serpentine Leafminer: Liriomyza trifolii
• Pea Leafminer: Liriomyza huidobrensis
• Seedcorn Maggot: Delia platura
• Vegetable Leafminer: Liriomyza sativae

Beetles

• Western Striped Cucumber Beetle: Acalymma trivittata
• Striped Cucumber Beetle: Acalymma vittata
• Spotted Cucumber Beetle: Diabrotica duodecimipuncta
• Western Spotted Cucumber Beetle: Diabrotica undecimipunctata
• Banded Cucumber Beetle: Diabrotica balteata
• Dusky Sap Beetle: Carpophilus lugubri
• Fourspotted Sap Beetle: Glischrochilus quadrisignatus
• Hop Flea Beetle: Psyllioides punctata
• Pale Striped Flea Beetle: Systena blanda

Caterpillars

• Granulate Cutworm: Agrostis subterranea
• Melonworm: Diaphania hyalinata
• Pickleworm: Diaphania nitidalis
• Southern Armyworm: Spodoptera eridania
• Western Corn Rootworm: Diabrotica virgifera virgifera

Mites

• Broad Mite: Polyphagotarsonemus latus
• Two-spotted Spider Mite: Tetranychus urticae

References

• P. D. Strausbaugh and Earl L. Core (1977). Flora of West Virginia (Second ed.). Seneca Books, Grantsville, W. Virginia. p. 904.
• Staff of the L. H. Bailey Hortorium (1976). Hortus Third: A Concise Dictionary of Plants Cultivated in the United States and Canada. Cornell University Press. p. 342.
• Cranshaw, Whitney (2004). Garden Insects of North America: The Ultimate Guide to Backyard Bugs. Princeton University Press. p. 590.
• Pippa Greenwood, Andrew Halstead, A.R. Chase, Daniel Gilrein (2000). American Horticultural Society Pests & Diseases: The Complete Guide to Preventing, Identifying, and Treating Plant Problems (First Edition ed.). Dorling Kindersley (DK) Publishing, inc. p. 121. {{cite book}}: |edition= has extra text (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)