Fusarium Wilt

Fusarium Wilt: Caused by Fusarium oxysporum (various formae speciales), this disease affects vascular tissue that leads to chlorosis and wilting, often affecting one side of the plant, followed by. Advanced symptoms include defoliation and rapid death. Diagnostic symptoms include discoloration of vascular tissue, visible in crosssection. Fusarium oxysporum is a species complex with hostspecific special forms. Several formae speciales have been linked to Fusarium wilt in cannabis, but; research on this association is ongoing.

Fusarium Wilt
Photo Credit: Cheng-Fang Hong, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Fusarium wilt symptoms are shown on Watermelon as an example of how symptoms can appear on Cannabis sativa

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