Incidence, diversity and distribution of <i>Fusarium wilt</i> pathogens of eggplant in some major growing areas of Ashanti, Eastern and Volta Regions of Ghana

Fusarium wilt of eggplant is a major cause losses to production globally. The disease caused by many species. In this study, incidence, diversity and distribution pathogens eggplants were determined in five communities each from Ashanti, Eastern Volta Regions Ghana during the 2017–2019 cropping seasons. Purposive sampling method was used select 10 farms infected with community. Infected sampled for isolation identification incidence below 10% 57.3% farms. Differences significant (p ≤ 0.05) between Regions. Region recorded highest incidence. A total eight species isolated. These included F. accuminatum, culmorum, oxysporum, proliferatum, poae, solani, subglutinans, verticillioides. oxysporum culmorum most occurring species, representing 92.79% isolates. Six, isolated respectively Inoculum density significantly higher Ashanti than Region.