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Cucurbita (pumpkin)
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Top of pageIdentity
Top of pagePreferred Scientific Name
- Cucurbita L.
Preferred Common Name
- pumpkin
International Common Names
- English: gourd; squash
- Spanish: calabaza; zapallo
- French: citrouille; courge
Local Common Names
- Germany: Kürbis
- Italy: zucca
- Netherlands: pompoen
- Sweden: pumpa
EPPO code
- CUUSS (Cucurbita sp.)
Taxonomic Tree
Top of page- Domain: Eukaryota
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Phylum: Spermatophyta
- Subphylum: Angiospermae
- Class: Dicotyledonae
- Order: Violales
- Family: Cucurbitaceae
- Genus: Cucurbita
List of Pests
Top of pageMajor host of:
Anastrepha grandis (South American cucurbit fruit fly); Arion vulgaris (Spanish slug); Bactrocera caudata; Bemisia tabaci (MEAM1) (silverleaf whitefly); Bemisia tabaci (MED) (silverleaf whitefly); Boeremia exigua var. exigua (leaf spot); Candidatus Phytoplasma trifolii (clover proliferation phytoplasma); Chromatomyia horticola (pea leaf miner); Didymella bryoniae (gummy stem blight of cucurbits); Dysmicoccus brevipes (pineapple mealybug); Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa (European mole cricket); Liriomyza sativae (vegetable leaf miner); Myzus persicae (green peach aphid); Orobanche aegyptiaca (Egyptian broomrape); Parasaissetia nigra (pomegranate scale); Parthenium hysterophorus (parthenium weed); Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. carotovorum (bacterial root rot of sweet potato); Phytophthora cryptogea (tomato foot rot); Podosphaera xanthii (powdery mildew of cucurbits); Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae (bacterial canker or blast (stone and pome fruits)); Schistocerca gregaria (desert locust); Spodoptera littoralis (cotton leafworm); Squash leaf curl virus (leaf curl of squash); Xanthomonas cucurbitae (bacterial: pumpkin spot)Minor host of:
Acalymma vittatum (striped cucumber beetle); Acyrthosiphon kondoi (blue alfalfa aphid); Anagallis arvensis (scarlet pimpernel); Aonidiella orientalis (oriental yellow scale); Aphis spiraecola (Spirea aphid); Athelia rolfsii (sclerotium rot); Aulacaspis tubercularis (mango scale); Botryotinia fuckeliana (grey mould-rot); Brachycaudus helichrysi (leaf-curling plum aphid); Brevipalpus californicus (citrus flat mite); Ceroplastes ceriferus (Indian wax scale); Coccus hesperidum (brown soft scale); Colletotrichum brevisporum; Cotton leaf curl disease complex (leaf curl disease of cotton); Cucurbit chlorotic yellows virus; Diabrotica barberi (northern corn rootworm); Diabrotica virgifera virgifera (western corn rootworm); Dociostaurus maroccanus (Moroccan locust); Haematonectria haematococca (dry rot of potato); Leptoglossus zonatus; Maconellicoccus hirsutus (pink hibiscus mealybug); Meloidogyne ethiopica (Root-knot nematode); Orobanche ramosa (branched broomrape); Phenacoccus solani; Phenacoccus solenopsis (cotton mealybug); Phytophthora capsici (stem and fruit rot of Capsicum); Planococcus citri (citrus mealybug); Pratylenchus brachyurus (root-lesion nematode); Pseudococcus jackbeardsleyi (Jack Beardsley mealybug); Pseudomonas marginalis pv. marginalis (lettuce marginal leaf blight); Serratia marcescens; Sicyos angulatus (burcucumber)Wild host of:
Diabrotica balteata (banded cucumber beetle)Associated with (not a host):
Frankliniella schultzei (cotton thrips); Serratia plymuthica; Trichothecium roseum (fruit rot of tomato)Host of (source - data mining):
Alternaria cucumerina (cucumber blight); Anasa tristis (squash bug); Aphis gossypii (cotton aphid); Asymmetrasca decedens; Aulacophora femoralis (galerucid, orange brown); Bactrocera cucurbitae (melon fly); Bactrocera dorsalis (Oriental fruit fly); Bactrocera latifrons (Solanum fruit fly); Bactrocera scutellata (striped fruit fly); Bactrocera tau; Beet pseudoyellows virus; Bemisia tabaci (tobacco whitefly); Candidatus Phytoplasma australiense; Ceratitis rosa (Natal fruit fly); Choanephora cucurbitarum (Choanephora fruit rot); Colletotrichum acutatum (black spot of strawberry); Cucumber green mottle mosaic virus; Cucumber mosaic virus (cucumber mosaic); Cucurbit aphid-borne yellows virus (Cucurbit aphid-borne yellows); Cucurbit yellow stunting disorder virus; Dacus bivittatus (fruit fly); Dacus frontalis; Diaphania hyalinata (melon worm); Empoasca; Empoasca abrupta (leafhopper, western potato); Empoasca decipiens (leafhopper, cotton); Empoasca recurvata; Epilachna cucurbitae; Epilachna pusillanima (potato epilachna); Epiphyas postvittana (light brown apple moth); Eutetranychus orientalis (Citrus brown mite); Fusarium oxysporum (basal rot); Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lagenariae (wilt: calabash gourd); Fusarium solani f.sp. cucurbitae (root rot: cucurbits); Gibberella acuminata (stalk rot of maize); Gibberella baccata (collar rot of coffee); Gibberella intricans (damping-off of safflower); Gibberella pulicaris (basal canker of hop); Glomerella cingulata (anthracnose); Liriomyza strigata; Lygus disponsi; Melittia cucurbitae (squash vine borer); Meloidogyne (root knot nematodes); Meloidogyne incognita (root-knot nematode); Melon necrotic spot virus; Papaya ringspot virus; Phthia picta (black bug); Phytophthora citricola (black hop root rot); Phytophthora drechsleri (watermelon fruit rot); Plectosphaerella cucumerina; Pratylenchus (root lesion nematode); Pseudomonas syringae (bacterial blast); Pseudoperonospora cubensis (cucumber downy mildew); Rastrococcus iceryoides (mango mealy bug); Septoria cucurbitacearum (leaf spot: Cucurbitaceae); Squash leaf curl China virus; Squash leaf curl Philippines virus; Squash mosaic virus (squash mosaic); Tarsonemus bilobatus; Tetranychus neocaledonicus (spider mite); Thrips florum (banana flower thrips); Thrips palmi (melon thrips); Tobacco ringspot virus; Trialeurodes vaporariorum (whitefly, greenhouse); Trichodorus (stubby root nematodes); Watermelon chlorotic stunt virus; Watermelon mosaic virus (watermelon mosaic); Watermelon mosaic virus 1 (WMV - strain 1); Zucchini yellow fleck virus; Zucchini yellow mosaic virusUses List
Top of pageGeneral
- Ornamental
Human food and beverage
- Vegetable
Medicinal, pharmaceutical
- Source of medicine/pharmaceutical