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Fusarium oxysporum on Citrullus lanatus

  • Credits / Owner: Ruud Barnhoorn, Naktuinbouw
  • Submission date: 2024-06-20 16:01:37
  • Submission ID: #16

Pathogen

Scientific name

Fusarium oxysporum

Genus

Fusarium

EPPO code

FUSAOX

Common name

Fusarium Wilt

Synonyms

Cylindrophora albedinis

Crop

Citrullus lanatus

More about Fusarium oxysporum

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Description

In the pictures you see two different races of F. oxy f.sp. niveum. Fon Race1 is white fluffy and Race 2 is orange, less fluffy on artificially innoculated watermelon seed. If the colors are really race specific I can't tell, but at least a difference in color appearance is possible between Fon isolates


Sterilant: 1% NaOCL-oplossing
Sterilant time: 5 minutes
Growth time: 4 days
Lighting: darkness
Agar: PDA + streptomycin
Agar brand: Millipore (Merck)