Cucurbita pepo
pumpkin
1 Related Pests
Verticillium dahliae
fungus
Verticillium albo-atrum f. angustum.
Verticillium albo-atrum var. chlamydosporale
Verticillium albo-atrum var. dahliae
Verticillium albo-atrum var. medium.
Verticillium dahliae f. angustum
Verticillium dahliae f. cerebriforme
Verticillium dahliae f. chlamydosporale
Verticillium dahliae f. medium
Verticillium dahliae f. zonatum
Verticillium ovatum
Verticillium trachiephilum
Worldwide
Widespread
China
2022-11-11
Prevalent in China
Verticillium dahliae has a broad host range, infecting both woody and herbaceous plants, including ornamentals, native species, and weeds. Economically important hosts include artichoke, eggplant, bell pepper, cotton, hop, lettuce, mints, oilseed rape, olive, potato, strawberry, and tomato.
uncertain
VERTDA-16, VERTDA-51, VERTDA-52, VERTDA-53
Seed transmission of Verticillium dahliae in pumpkin has only been reported in a single study, which found the fungus present on the seed coat, transmissible to seedlings, and removable with surface sterilization. No other publications confirm this pathway, so the role of seed in natural transmission remains uncertain.
VERTDA-16, VERTDA-51, VERTDA-52, VERTDA-53
Agar plating
VERTDA-52
cultural
Use clean seed, rotate crops, use resistent varieties.
Richardson, MJ. 1990. An Annotated List of Seedborne Diseases. International Seed Testing Association. Zurich, Switzerland.
Stravato, V. M., Carannante, G., Moretti, C., Cappelli, C., 2009. First report of Verticillium dahliae on squash (Cucurbita pepo) in Italy.Plant Disease, 93(7) 765.
Rampersad, S. N., 2008. First report of Verticillium dahliae causing wilt in pumpkin in Trinidad.Plant Disease, 92(7) 1136.
Tymon, L. S., Morgan, P., Gundersen, B., & Inglis, D. A. (2020). Potential of endophytic fungi collected from Cucurbita pepo roots grown under three different agricultural mulches as antagonistic endophytes to Verticillium dahliae in western Washington. Microbiological Research, 240, 126535.
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