Fig 1. Phytophthora capsici disease development on cucumber fruit and peels.

(A) Pathogen growth on whole, unwounded cucumber fruit. Fruit were harvested at 8 or 15 days post pollination (dpp) and inoculated with zoospore suspensions of P. capsisi. The photograph was taken at 5 days post-inoculation. The 8 dpp fruit is covered with mycelial growth. (B) Disease development on peel sections and underlying fruit, or directly inoculated whole fruit as described in methods. x/y indicates age of overlying peel section/age of underlying intact fruit. Symptom score: 1 = no symptoms or localized necrosis; 2 = water soaking; 3 = sporulation. Each value is the mean of at least 9 fruit ±se. Bars marked with different letters indicate significant different, ANOVA, LSD, P<0.05.