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Melons > Fruit > Misshapen, deformed fruit

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Virus
Squash mosaic, cucumber mosaic, watermelon mosaic

  • Fruit are often deformed and distorted
  • Fruit may have unusual color patterns, blotches or rings but are not rotten
  • Plants may be stunted
  • Irregular, blotchy to wavy patterns of yellows and greens on leaves
  • Leaves may be distorted (sometimes fern-like), wrinkled, and curled
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Poor Pollination

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