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Verticillium dahliae on Asimina triloba

  • Credits / Owner: Juliane Reiterer and Eva Lehner, AGES
  • Submission date: 2026-06-11 09:28:03
  • Submission ID: #203

Pathogen

Scientific name

Verticillium dahliae

Genus

Verticillium

EPPO code

VERTDA

Common name

Verticillium Wilt

Synonyms

Verticillium albo-atrum var. chlamydosporale

Crop

Asimina triloba

More about Verticillium dahliae

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Description

The pathogen was isolated directly from an infected pawpaw plant (first detection of this pathogen on this host) in Austria. The colony appears light grey and dark grey (with a darker central zone). The surface is dense, with a slightly zonate structure. Image 3: Clusters: whorled conidiophores (phialides), image 4: dark microsclerotia, single-celled, oval or ellipsoidal, unseptate conidia, image 5: stained conidia.


Sterilant: none
Sterilant time: none
Growth time: 25 days
Lighting: daylight
Agar: PDA
Agar brand: VWR
Sample origin: Austria