Plant Disease
Plant Disease
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DOI:
10.1525/9780520943728-175
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发表时间:
2019-12
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通讯作者:
B. E. Giles;L. Ericson;U. Carlsson-Granér
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B. E. Giles;L. Ericson;U. Carlsson-Granér
Verticillium wilt, a disease of a plant’s vascular system, occurs worldwide, but is most important in temperate regions. In the Pacific Northwest, 50 genera of plants have been reported as susceptible to this disease, which is caused by a fungus. In Washington State, verticillium wilt is especially common in irrigated areas and is particularly severe on mint, potato, cherry, eggplant, melon, and such ornamentals as rose and catalpa. Mint wilt is especially devastating; if a mint planting becomes infected, production may become uneconomic within 3 to 5 years. In the late 1940s, growers moved most of the mint production from midwestern to western states in an effort to escape from Verticillium wilt. Unfortunately, they carried it with them on infected mint roots.