Fusarium Wilt of Cotton

Authors
Jiahuai Hu
E. Norton
Publication Date: September 2020 | Publication Number: AZ1852-2020 | View PDF

Fusarium wilt is a destructive vascular wilt and root rot of many plant species, including all species of domesticated cotton. The disease was first described in Alabama cotton fields in 1892 and is now widespread in most states across the US Cotton Belt and throughout the world. Fusarium wilt often kills susceptible plants in a heavily infested field. It may cause significant yield losses to growers. I