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Trying to Identify Pumpkin Disease #880324
Asked August 05, 2024, 6:23 PM EDT
El Paso County Colorado
Expert Response
Janet,
Thank you for your question.
What your pumpkin plant appears to have is called genetic silvering. This is often confused with powdery mildew due to its color, but it will appear within leaf veins and have a blocky shape.
Here is a link provided by the University of Florida to help better explain.
https://plantpath.ifas.ufl.edu/u-scout/cucurbit/silver-leaf.html
Below is a link provided by the University of Missouri for white fly control. This includes cultural, biological and mechanical methods. It also gives you biology and damage information. Probably way more than you wanted to know!
https://extension.missouri.edu/publications/g7275
Please read the information we have provided and let us know if you have any additional questions.
Kindly,
Kerry P
Colorado Master Gardener