Anthracnose on cucurbits is caused by the fungal pathogen Colletotrichum orbiculare. This pathogen can infect cucumber, gourds, squash, and pumpkin, but is most common on melons.

P. Meetum, C. Leksomboon, M. Kanjanamaneesathian, FIRST REPORT OF COLLETOTRICHUM AENIGMA AND C. SIAMENSE, THE CAUSAL AGENTS OF ANTHRACNOSE DISEASE OF DRAGON FRUIT IN THAILAND, Journal of Plant ...

The diseases include, powdery mildew which affects the leaves leaf spot, scab, anthracnose, gummy stem blight also known as black rot or alligator skin, fusarium wilt, phytophthora blight ...

The trees aren't dying, though. Their leaf dropping is due to anthracnose, a common fungal disease that is most severe in years with cool, wet springs.

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Anthracnose is most prevalent in cool, wet spring weather and the spring of 2020, like the one in 2018, has been very conducive to the development of this disease.

Anthracnose disease is the common cause, and the problem with this disease is you can't start controlling it when you see the symptoms on the fruit.