Abstract
In the asparagus crop at least four soil-borne diseases can be distinguished. Footrot is one which appears to be caused byFusarium oxysporum f. sp.asparagi and is characterized by brown oval lesions on the lower parts of stems. A method is described for testing for pathogenicity the species ofFusarium and other fungi isolated from diseased plants. A negative correlation was found between the number ofF. oxysporum f. sp.asparagi isolates and the ‘G-value’ which provides an indication of the development of an asparagus crop.
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Van Bakel, J.M.M., Kerstens, J.A. Footrot in asparagus caused byFusarium oxysporum f. sp.asparagi . Neth. J. Pl. Path. 76, 320–325 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03041363
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