Fusarium Wilt of Gerbera Caused by a Fusarium sp. in Brazil

A Wilt Disease Op Alfalfa Caused by Fusarium

As stated in the above-mentioned paper (pi), several writers have reported a root rot or wilt of alfalfa with which a species of Fusarium has been associated. Cottam (3) states that the pathogenicity of a root disease of alfalfa in Utah has been traced to the activity of a Fusarium. He describes this disease as being characterized by brown cankerous depressions at the bases of lateral roots, wh...

First Report on Fusarium Wilt of Zucchini Caused by Fusarium oxysporum, in Korea

Fusarium wilt of zucchini in Jeonju, Korea, was first noticed in May 2013. Symptoms included wilting of the foliage, drying and withering of older leaves, and stunting of plants. Infected plants eventually died during growth. Based on morphological characteristics and phylogenetic analyses of the molecular markers (internal transcribed spacer rDNA and translation elongation factor 1α), the fung...

Race 3, a New and Highly Virulent Race of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. niveum Causing Fusarium Wilt in Watermelon

Role of Insects in the Distribution of Cotton Wilt Caused by Fusarium Vasinfectum '

The methods of spread of cotton wilt caused by Fusarium vasin» fectum Atk. have received considerable attention from investigators. It has long been suspected that insects frequently play a part in the local spread of cotton wilt. During 1933 and 1934 the writers sought to obtain definite information on the possibility of spread of wilt through the fecal pellets of insects that normally feed on...

The distribution and host range of the banana Fusarium wilt fungus, Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense, in Asia

Fusarium oxysporum formae specialis cubense (Foc) is a soil-borne fungus that causes Fusarium wilt, which is considered to be the most destructive disease of bananas. The fungus is believed to have evolved with its host in the Indo-Malayan region, and from there it was spread to other banana-growing areas with infected planting material. The diversity and distribution of Foc in Asia was investi...