Cucumber (Cucumis sativa) is grown worldwide but suffers from several production constraints including frequent occurrence of diseases. Anthracnose (Colletotrichum orbiculare) is serious disease which infects all the aerial parts of cucumber plant and is reported for the first time in Kashmir. Under humid conditions, the lesions become dotted with pinkish masses of conidia and are manifested as angular to roughly circular reddish brown lesions on leaves. Under humid conditions the lesions become dotted with pinkish masses of conidia. | First report of colletotrichum arbiculare causing anthracnose in cucumber
