gummy stem blight / black rot of pumpkin
Gummy stem blight/black rot-Gummy stem blight is the name for symptom on leaves or stems. Black rot is the name for symptoms due to the same pathogen on fruit. Gummy stem blight symptoms are not economically important on pumpkin in Indiana. Black rot problems occasionally cause marketability issues. The latter symptoms can sometimes appear as a ring structure which may appear to be virus-like symptoms. However, dark fruiting bodies in the lesions are diagnostic.