date:Oct 25, 2021
management. A Cucurbita specialist at a seed company says pressure from this disease (transmitted by white fly) has been acute over the past two years and it appears to be spreading. Some farmers have removed all plants in this family from their farms for long periods to break the cycle.
Growers in the Eastern Cape, however, say they remain relatively unaffected.
The Piel de Sapo cultivar, not well-known domestically, is grown in the Eastern Cape; it didnt fare well in the north of South Afric