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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

Verticillium dahliae (VERTDA) on Asimina triloba. Perspective: top (image 1 of 5) — *Verticillium dahliae* on *Asimina triloba*
*Image credits: Juliane Reiterer and Eva Lehner, AGES*
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Verticillium dahliae (VERTDA) on Asimina triloba. Perspective: bottom (image 2 of 5) — *Verticillium dahliae* on *Asimina triloba*
*Image credits: Juliane Reiterer and Eva Lehner, AGES*
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Verticillium dahliae (VERTDA) on Asimina triloba. Perspective: spores Magnification: 40x (image 3 of 5) — *Verticillium dahliae* on *Asimina triloba*
*Image credits: Juliane Reiterer and Eva Lehner, AGES*
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Verticillium dahliae (VERTDA) on Asimina triloba. Perspective: spores Magnification: 40x (image 4 of 5) — *Verticillium dahliae* on *Asimina triloba*
*Image credits: Juliane Reiterer and Eva Lehner, AGES*
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Verticillium dahliae (VERTDA) on Asimina triloba. Perspective: spores Magnification: 63x (image 5 of 5) — *Verticillium dahliae* on *Asimina triloba*
*Image credits: Juliane Reiterer and Eva Lehner, AGES*
perspective: spores / magnification: 63x
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Symptoms of Verticillium Wilt / Verticillium dahliae on Asimina triloba

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