…quickly spreads spores to other leaves. Control leaf spot by not crowding your tomatoes. Fusarium and Verticillium Wilt are caused by fungi in the soil that enter through young roots,…
Researchers Fortify Queen of the Forages with Disease Defense
…trifolii and Fusarium fungi, as well as Pseudomonas syringae and Xanthomonas alfalfae bacteria. The results, published in the September 2018 issue of Phytopathology, illustrate how resistance characteristics in plants related to alfalfa can be potentially useful in protecting the…
Survey Reveals Crucial Data on Fusarium Head Blight
Fusarium head blight. Photo by Stephen A. Harrison, Louisiana State University (USDA/ARS) — A national U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) survey, published recently in Plant Disease, provides the first large-scale, systematic…
ARS Efforts Should Help Ensure Our Wheat Supply
…disease that threatens global wheat production each year. A healthy wheat line (right) and a wheat line infected with “scab,” or Fusarium head blight (left). Photo by Guihua Bai/ARS. The…
USDA Supports Specialty Crop Industry with Multi-State Initiatives
…customized bio-control for fusarium wilt of the tomato. Awarded $770,360. The U.S. Sweet Potato Council, Inc., collaborating with sweet potato commissions and councils in Alabama, California, Louisiana, Mississippi and North…
Tomato Crop Coming in Lighter than Expected
…tons per acre this year. Besides the weather, tomato growers had to take on disease pressures. Miyao said Fusarium wilt race 3 is still making the rounds. While tomato varieties…
Tomato Growers Evaluate Domestic, Export Markets
…advice. Fusarium wilt 3 is “pretty predictably going to be a problem again, just because it’s soil-borne,” said Brenna Aegerter, a UCCE farm advisor based in San Joaquin County. “We…
Bayer Honors Robert Hutmacher as 2017 Cotton Specialist of the Year
…to put that science to work in their fields. Whether the challenge is finding resistance to Fusarium wilt Race 4 or increasing water efficiency, Dr. Hutmacher rises to the challenge….
New Test Genetically IDs Fungal Wheat Threat
…the “First Look” section of the journal Plant Disease. According to ARS plant pathologist Kerry Pedley, the method also distinguishes MoT from Fusarium graminearum, another fungal foe of wheat that…
Tomato growers reduce acreage to match markets
…although many fields look good, he has seen more fields hit with the fungal disease fusarium wilt Race 3 than in previous years. The race refers to the strain. Symptoms…
USDA Announces $58.25 Million to Protect Ag and Plants from Pests and Diseases
…Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer/Fusarium Dieback in avocado: $175,000 for survey, early detection, and educational outreach in California; Bark beetle: $157,793 for a Regional Identification Center for Bark Beetle and other…
Weekly Cotton Market Review
…cotton fields were replanted to beans or American Pima varieties because of the presence of Race 4 Fusarium wilt. The disease causes vascular wilt in cotton but is less harmful…
AgNet West e-News: Boehner Supports Farm Bill; Almond Hull Rot; Race 4 Fusarium
This week’s issue of the AgNet West e-News includes information on Boehner’s support of the House Farm Bill, almond hull rot, Race 4 Fusarium and more. Click here to view…
Race 1 and Race 4 Fusarium are Different
…Hutmacher says Race 4 Fusarium is worse than its relative, Race 1. He says Race 1 Fusarium is only seen to cause significant damage when it’s in combination with root-knot…