Fusarium rot is an important soil-borne disease impacting production and storage of pumpkins and winter squash. A new guide has been published to facilitate diagnosis of this disease by outlining taxonomy, symptoms, isolation, and epidemiology of the disease, and providing morphologic and PCR-based methods to identify the pathogen.
For more information see “A Diagnostic Guide for Fusarium Fruit Rot of Pumpkin and Winter Squash”. C.S. Krasnow, U. Bhatta, G. Raphael, L.M. Quesada-Ocampo, C. Ziv. Plant Health Progress. DOI: 10.1094/PHP-03-24-0025-DG
