Verticillium
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Verticillium is a genus of fungi in the division Ascomycota. The majority of Verticillium species are saprobes and are abundant in soils worldwide. A small number of species, cause wilt diseases in economically important plant species such as cotton, tomatoes, potatoes, eggplants, peppers, ornamental woody plants, as well as plants in natural vegetation communities.
Symptoms are superficially similar to Fusarium wilts. Crop rotation, the use of resistant crop varieties, may be useful in controlling Verticillium wilt.
- Selected species
- Verticillium dahliae Kleb.
- Verticillium lecanii Viegas
- Verticillium albo-atrum Reinke & Berthold
[edit] References and external links
- Phillips, D. H. & Burdekin, D. A. (1992). Diseases of Forest and Ornamental Trees. Macmillan. ISBN 0-333-49493-8.
- Fact sheet from Ohio State University Extension on verticillium and fusarium
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