Fusarium Wilt Disease of Cucurbits
Fusarium oxysporum
Cucurbitsfungal
A soilborne wilt causing one-sided yellowing, vascular browning, and plant collapse.
Symptoms
One-sided wilting, vascular browning visible when the stem is cut, and eventual plant collapse.
Favorable conditions
- •Infested soil
- •Continuous cucurbit cropping without rotation
Management
- 1Use resistant or grafted varieties
- 2Rotate crops
- 3Solarize infested soil where practical
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