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Fusarium root rot of bottle gourd Sclerotium stem rot of cucumber

Fusarium wilt of bitter gourd Rhizoctonia root rot of bottle gourd

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Bacterial wilt of bottle gourd Gummy stem blight of bottle gourd

Pythium fruit rot of pointed gourd Sclerotinia fruit rot of pointed gourd

Fusarium fruit rot of cucumber Fruit and vine rot of pointed gourd

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Pythium fruit rot of ridge gourd Pythium fruit rot of cucumber

Downy mildew of pointed gourd Downy mildew of ridge gourd

Powdery mildew of ivy gourd Powdery mildew of bottle gourd

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Powdery mildew of pumpkin Powdery mildew of ridge gourd

Alternaria leaf blight of bottle gourd Alternaria leaf blight of pumpkin

Alternaria leaf blight ofcucumber

Alternaria leaf blight ofwatermelon

Net blight of pointed gourd

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Anthracnose of cucumber Phoma blight of cucumber

Bacterial soft rot of bottle gourd Bacterial soft rot of cucumber

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Angular leaf spot of bottle gourd Bacterial leaf spot of ivy gourd

Bacterial leaf spot of pumpkin Root knot of pointed gourd

Cucumber mosaic virus on bottle gourd Cucumber mosaic virus on pumpkin

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Cucumber green mottle mosaic virus on bottlegourd

Watermelon mosaic virus on pumpkin

Zucchini yellow mosaic virus on bitter gourd Cucumber mosaic virus on bitter gourd

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Sun scorching of pumpkin Pesticide toxicity on cucumber

Pesticide toxicity on pumpkin Fertilizer toxicity on pumpkin

Cracking of pumpkin due to ‘B’ deficiency Severe potassium deficiency on pumpkin

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Water droplet hand pollination using pollenmixture (IFP)a

Yellowing and fruit dropping of bittergourd and pumpkin due to faultypollination

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Deformed bitter gourd and cucumber fruits due toincomplete pollination and poor fertilization

Physiological disorder of cucumber due tosplitting of ovary

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Superior ovary in pumpkin - male flower turned tohermaphroditic

Flower visitors—Amegilla sp. and Apiscerana indica

aIFP indigenous farmers’ practice

Seedling raising of bitter gourd in polythene packet toprotect from damping-off (IFP)a

Seedling raising of bitter gourd in pottray to protect from damping-off

No land cultivation of cucurbits on tree top (IFP) No land cultivation of cucurbits on huttop (IFP)

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Cultivation of cucurbits on roof top. Polythenewrapping to protect bottle gourd from fruit flies andfruit rotting fungi (IFP)

Bitter gourd cultivation in landembankment (IFP)

aIFP indigenous farmers’ practice

Bitter gourd and pumpkin cultivation in broadbed-furrow system (IFP)a

Bitter gourd cultivation in landembankment in vertical bower system(IFP)

Ariel cultivation of bottle gourd over pond (IFP) Multi-tier cropping of bottle gourd in heapmethods (IFP)

aIFP indigenous farmers’ practice

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