Two New Fruit Rots of Ashgourd from India. A. N. Roy, Department of Botany, Agra College, Agra-282002, U.P., India. G. Upadhyaya, and R. B. Sharma, Department of Botany, Agra College, Agra-282002, U.P., India. Plant Dis. 67:227-228. Accepted for publication 6 September 1982. Copyright 1983 American Phytopathological Society. DOI: 10.1094/PD-67-227.

New fruit rots of ashgourd caused by Fusarium oxysporum and Pythium aphanidermatum have been reported from India. The former developed discolored patches and the latter formed brown-black lesions. Both were wound pathogens and initiated rots 5 days after inoculation. P. aphanidermatum was most destructive on young fruits in fields, whereas F. oxysporum decayed mature fruits in storage.