A network that helps people worldwide obtain rapid advice and information on crop protection, including the identification and management of plant pests.
PestNet is a network that helps people worldwide obtain rapid advice and information on crop protection, including the identification and management of plant pests. It started in 1999. Anyone with an interest in plant protection is welcome to join. PestNet is free and is moderated, ensuring that messages are confined to plant protection.
August 2007. There is a widespread problem in the Maldives with damage to watermelon (and other melons) shoots and leaves. It looks like it might be a mosaic virus, reinforced by finding aphids on primary leaves (and an unidentified thrips on a shoot exhibiting the symptoms).
The symptoms on the rockmelon leaf (photo, left) look like a mosaic virus, either Papaya ringspot virus or, more likely, Zucchini yellow mosaic virus. There was uncertainty about the symptoms on the watermelon (photo, right), but it may be thrip damage.
