Fusarium wilt of spinach

Greathead, A; Smith, S; Bardin, R; Magyarosy, A; Snyder, W

Fusarium wilt of spinach

Authors

A. Greathead
S. Smith
R. Bardin
A. Magyarosy
W. C. Snyder

Authors Affiliations

A. Greathead is Farm Advisor, Monterey County; S. Smith is Research Plant Pathologist, Research Assistant, and Professor Emeritus, respectively, Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Berkeley; R. Bardin is with the Agricultural Commissioner's Office, Salinas; A. Magyarosy is Research Plant Pathologist, Research Assistant, and Professor Emeritus, respectively, Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Berkeley; W. C. Snyder is Research Plant Pathologist, Research Assistant, and Professor Emeritus, respectively, Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Berkeley.

Publication Information

Hilgardia 27(3):3-3. DOI:10.3733/ca.v027n03p3. March 1973.

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Abstract

During the last few years Fusarium wilt of spinach, a disease new to Monterey County and California, has been observed. This disease was first suspected as the cause of severe losses in a 50-acre field adjoining the Salinas River, 4 miles south of Salinas, in 1967. In 1969 it was positively identified on a ranch in the Moss Landing area, where it caused almost complete loss of a summer spinach crop in a 10-acre field. The organism which incites the disease is Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. spinaciae.

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