Verticillium Wilt of Strawberry
Verticillium dahliae
Strawberryfungal
A soilborne wilt that persists for years in soil and is especially damaging after tomato, potato, or pepper preceded strawberries.
Symptoms
Outer, older leaves wilt and collapse first, followed by progressive collapse of the whole plant and stunted, one-sided crown growth.
Favorable conditions
- •Soil previously planted with solanaceous crops (tomato, potato, pepper, eggplant) or cotton
- •Fungus persisting in soil for many years without a host
Management
- 1Avoid planting after known host crops
- 2Use resistant/tolerant cultivars
- 3Fumigate soil before planting where the pathogen is established
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