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The association of Humicola fuscoatra with corky root symptoms in wilted glasshouse tomatoes

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A wilt disease including severe root rot and corky rot was observed near the end of the growing season in glasshouse tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) plants, growing in soilless systems. Numerous aleuroconidia of the common soil-borne fungusHumicola fuscoatra var.fuscoatra were always present in the cells of affected roots. The pathogenicity ofH. fuscoatra was not established, but inoculation with previously used rockwool from a crop with corky root symptoms reproduced the disease. It is suggested that near the end of the growing season the artificial substrate offers favourable conditions for the development of a complex root disease in whichH. fuscoatra may play a role.

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  1. M. E. Noordeloos

    Present address: Rijksherbarium, P.O. Box 9514, 2300 RA, Leiden, the Netherlands

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  1. Plant Protection Service, P.O. Box 9102, 6700 HC, Wageningen, the Netherlands

    J. de Gruyter, H. A. van Kesteren, M. E. Noordeloos & Johanna W. Veenbaas-Rijks

  2. Glasshouse Crops Research Station, P.O. Box 8, 2670 AA, Naaldwijk, the Netherlands

    S. J. Paternotte

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de Gruyter, J., van Kesteren, H.A., Noordeloos, M.E. et al. The association of Humicola fuscoatra with corky root symptoms in wilted glasshouse tomatoes. Netherlands Journal of Plant Pathology 98, 257–260 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02000093

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