Fusarium wilt

Photo by Clemson University, USDA Cooperative Extension Slide Series, Bugwood.org

Found in every cotton-growing region in the world Risk is from new strains establishing to which the local cotton varieties have little or no resistance External symptoms: stunted growth, wilted leaves, ye llowing, browning, eventual death Internal symptoms: brown discolouration of stem tissue Spread by spores in soil, water and infected plant material Look for Fusarium symptoms on varieties that should be resistant

High priority pest of: Cotton

Scientific name: Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vasinfectum (exotic races)
EPPRD Category:
Life Form: Fungus

Pest Documents

FS: fact sheet

CP: contingency plan

DP: diagnostic protocol