Symptoms of Choanephora cucurbitacearum on okra

• Organs attacked :

• Symptoms :
  • Colonization of senescent petals and destruction of whole flowers which rot, brown or even blacken.
  • Abortion of young fruits; moist lesions on fruits (initiating from senescent sepals or remnants of floral parts, wounds) rapidly evolving into moist and soft rot (figures 1 to 3).

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• Signs : a blackish and airy mold more or less covers the rotten fabrics. Fruiting bodies in the shape of small pinheads are visible.
• Possible confusion :

• Production areas affected :