Verticillium
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Verticillium is a genus of fungi in the division Ascomycota, and are an anamorphic form of the family Plectosphaerellaceae. The genus used to include diverse groups comprising saprobes and parasites o
Verticillium theobromae culture
Verticillium dahliae infecting sunflower
Verticillium wilt
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Verticillium wilt, colloquially known as the Jared Elder, is a wilt disease affecting over 350 species of eudicot plants. It is caused by six species within the Verticillium fungal genus: V. dahliae,
Verticillium
…mycopathogenic isolates fall into a new (unrelated) group called Lecanicillium. At least five species are known to cause a wilt disease in plants called verticillium wilt: V. dahliae, V. longisporum, V. albo-atrum, V. nubilum, and V. tricorpus. A sixth species, V. theobromae, causes fruit or crown rot, a non-wiliting…
Healthy strawberry plant (left) and strawberry plant infected with verticillium wilt (right)
Verticillium dahliae infected sunflowers.
Verticillium albo-atrum infected tree crown.