CUCURBITACEAE
(cucurbits, cucumbers and melons)

Interactions where CUCURBITACEAE is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
may be infected and damaged by live, distorted leaf Cucumber Green Mottle virus a phytopathogenic virus Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Cucumber Green Mottle virus/Cucumber Green Mottle virusa phytopathogenic viruslive, distortedleaf Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Cucurbitales/Cucurbitaceae/Cucurbitaceaecucurbits, cucumbers and melons live, distorted leaf infects and damages
fruit fruit is foodplant of larva Major Diaphania indica (Cucumber Moth, Melonworm) Lepidoptera: Crambidae CSL Pest Risk Analysis For Diaphania indica, MacLeod, A., 2005
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Crambidae/Diaphania indica/Diaphania indica(cucumber moth, melonworm)larva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Cucurbitales/Cucurbitaceae/Cucurbitaceaecucurbits, cucumbers and melonsfruitMajor larva feeds on fruit
fruit (live, reduced in number) live, reduced in number fruit may be infected and damaged by Cucumber Mosaic virus a phytopathogenic virus Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Cucumber Mosaic virus/Cucumber Mosaic virusa phytopathogenic virus Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Cucurbitales/Cucurbitaceae/Cucurbitaceaecucurbits, cucumbers and melonslive, reduced in numberfruit infects and damages live, reduced in number fruit
leaf (mature) (live, half-sized, crinkled) live, half-sized, crinkled leaf (mature) may be infected and damaged by Cucumber Mosaic virus a phytopathogenic virus Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Cucumber Mosaic virus/Cucumber Mosaic virusa phytopathogenic virus Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Cucurbitales/Cucurbitaceae/Cucurbitaceaecucurbits, cucumbers and melonslive, half-sized, crinkledleaf (mature) infects and damages live, half-sized, crinkled leaf (mature)
leaf (young) (live) live leaf (young) is spotted by Cucumber Mosaic virus a phytopathogenic virus Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Cucumber Mosaic virus/Cucumber Mosaic virusa phytopathogenic virus Foodplant / spot causer /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Cucurbitales/Cucurbitaceae/Cucurbitaceaecucurbits, cucumbers and melonsliveleaf (young) causes spots on live leaf (young)
plant (live, stunted) live, stunted plant may be infected and damaged by Cucumber Mosaic virus a phytopathogenic virus Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Cucumber Mosaic virus/Cucumber Mosaic virusa phytopathogenic virus Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Cucurbitales/Cucurbitaceae/Cucurbitaceaecucurbits, cucumbers and melonslive, stuntedplant infects and damages live, stunted plant
stem (base) (live) live stem (base) may be infected and damaged by acervulus of Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph Minor Colletotrichum coccodes Potato and Tomato Black Dot Disease - causative organism, Black Dot Of Potatoes Glomerellaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Glomerellaceae/Colletotrichum coccodes/Colletotrichum coccodespotato and tomato black dot disease (causative organism), black dot of potatoesacervulusColletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Cucurbitales/Cucurbitaceae/Cucurbitaceaecucurbits, cucumbers and melonslivestem (base)Minor acervulus of Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages live stem (base)

Author & YearTitleSource
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden PlantsCollins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
MacLeod, A., 2005CSL Pest Risk Analysis For Diaphania indicaPRAs for consultation on pest risk management PRAs for consultation on pest risk management.

CUCURBITACEAE (cucurbits, cucumbers and melons) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Bryonia dioica
White Bryony, Red Bryony
Species 4 trophisms
Citrullus lanatus
Water Melon
Species 1 trophisms
Cucumis
melons and cucumbers
Genus 2 subtaxa 52 trophisms
Cucurbita
marrows, courgettes, pumpkins
Genus 3 subtaxa 20 trophisms
Trichosanthes anguina
Snake Gourd
Species 1 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyCUCURBITACEAE (cucurbits, cucumbers and melons)
OrderCUCURBITALES (cucurbits, cucumbers and melons)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for CUCURBITACEAE (cucurbits, cucumbers and melons)

CUCURBITACEAE (cucurbits, cucumbers and melons) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to CUCURBITACEAE (cucurbits, cucumbers and melons):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 15 images of CUCURBITACEAE (cucurbits, cucumbers and melons)
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