CucCAP plant pathologist Tony Keinath recently reported in The South Carolina Grower that fusarium wilt disease is becoming more widespread in watermelon fields in South Carolina. According to the Clemson scientist, fusarium wilt symptoms include wilting of leaves at the crown of the plant, wilting of one vine on a plant or wilting without yellowing of a small plant.
One vine of this watermelon plant has wilted. This is a telltale sign of fusarium wilt.
